G/TBT/N/USA/709/Rev.2  
18 March 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), Department of Energy (DOE)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regard ing the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Residential 
clothes washers; Household or laundry -type washing machines, incl. machines which both 
wash and dry; parts thereof (HS code(s): 8450); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 
13.020); Energy efficiency. Energy conservation in general (ICS code(s): 27.015); 
Laundry appliances (ICS cod e(s): 97.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers; 
(19 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemakin g - The Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act, as amended (" EPCA"), prescribes energy conservation standards for 
various consumer p roducts and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including 
residential clothes washers  ("RCWs'' ). In this notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR''), 
the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE'') proposes amended energy conservation 
standards for RCWs identical to those set forth in a direct final rule  published elsewhere 
in this issue of the Federal Register. If DOE receives adverse comment and determines 
that such comment may provide a reasonable basis for withdrawal of the direct final rule , 
DOE will publish a notice of withdrawal and will proceed with this proposed rule.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of the environment   G/TBT/N/USA/709/Rev.2  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
89 Federal Register (FR) 18836, 15 March 2024; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-03-15/html/2024 -04737.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-03-15/pdf/2024 -04737.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and other actions notified under the symbol 
G/TBT/N/USA/709  are identified by Docket Number EERE -2017-BT-STD-0014. The 
Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2017-BT-STD-0014/document  and provides 
access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents 
are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members 
and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time  on 3 July 2024. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry 
Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with DOE and will also be 
submitted to t he Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residenti al Clothes 
Washers; Direct Final Rule published 15 March 2024 will be notified as 
G/TBT/N/USA/709/Rev.1/Add.2:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-03-15/html/2024 -04736.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-03-15/pdf/2024 -04736.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  3 July 2024  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_02081_00_e.pdf