G/TBT/N/USA/1022  
 
12 August 2015  
(15-4127)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), 
Department of Energy (DOE) [1037] 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point 
Email: ncsci@nist.gov   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable): Commercial package 
air conditioning and heating equipment. Air conditioning machines, comprising a 
motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated (HS: 8415) 
Ventilators. Fans. Air-conditioners (ICS: 23.120), Heat pumps (ICS: 27.080) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Energy 
Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Small, Large, and Very Large Air-Cooled 
Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (13 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: I n  t h i s  n o t i c e  o f  p r o p o s e d  r u l e m a k i n g  ( N O P R ) ,  t h e  U . S .  
Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to reaffirm that the currently prescribed test procedure must be used when measuring the energy efficiency ratio, integrated energy efficiency ratio, and co efficient of performance for small, large, and very large air-cooled 
commercial unitary air conditioners (CUAC) and commercial unitary heat pumps (CUHP). 
With this test procedure rulemaking, DOE fulfills its obligation under EPCA to review its test procedures for covered equipment at least once every seven years and either amend 
the applicable test procedures or publish a determination in the Federal Register not to 
amend them. The proposed amendments would li mit the incorporation by reference of the 
industry test procedure AHRI Standard 340/360-2007, "2007 Standard for Performance 
Rating of Commercial and Industrial Unitary Air-Conditioning and Heat Pump Equipment" 
to certain sections and addenda; specify requirements for indoor airflow tolerance and adjustment to meet other rating conditions; clarify requirements for condenser head pressure controls; clarify units of measurement for airflow; and establish a tolerance on 
part-load rating points. DOE also proposes to amend the certification, compliance, and 
enforcement provisions for CUACs and CUHPs to  specify additional reporting requirements 
for indoor airflow and add enforcement provisio ns for verifying the rated cooling capacity, 
as the rated cooling capacity determines which class of equipment the product belongs to 
and also determines certain testing conditions.  G/TBT/N/USA/1022 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents: 80 Federal Register (FR) 46870, 6 August 2015; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 429 and 431.  Will appear in the Federal Register when 
adopted. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 8 September 2015 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachm ents/2015/TBT/USA/15_3132_00_e.pdf