G/TBT/N/USA/826/Rev.1  
26 May 2023  
(23-3613) Page: 1/2 
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):  
Refrigerated beverage vending machines; Automatic goods -vending machines, e.g. 
postage stamp, cigarette, food or beverage machines, incl. money -changing machines; 
parts thereof (HS code(s): 8476); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); 
Commercial refrigerating appliances (ICS code(s): 97.130.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Refrigerated Bottled or Canned 
Beverage Vending Machines; (60 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of pro posed rulemaking and announcement of public 
meeting - The Energy Policy and Conservation Act , as amended  (EPCA), prescribes energy 
conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and 
industrial equipment, including refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines  
(BVMs). EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically 
determine whether more stringent standards would be technologically  feasible and 
economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this notice of 
proposed rulemaking (NOPR), DOE proposes amended energy conservation standards for 
BVMs, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these  proposed 
standards and associated analyses and results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of the 
environment   G/TBT/N/USA/826/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  88 Federal Register (FR) 33968, 25 May 2023; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 431:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-25/html/2023 -09968.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-25/pdf/2023 -09968.pdf  
DOE will hold a public meeting v ia webinar on Wednesday, 7 June 2023, from 1:00 p.m. 
to 4:00 p.m.  Eastern Time . See section VII, "Public Part icipation," for webinar registration 
information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to 
webinar participants.  
This notice of proposed rulemaking; announcement of public meeting, the notification of 
availability of pr eliminary technical support document; request for comment notified as 
G/TBT/N/USA/826/Add.7  and the request for information notified as 
G/TBT/N/USA/826/Add.6  are identified by docket number EERE -2020-BT-STD-0014. The 
docket folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2020-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 24 July 2023. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry 
Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will 
also b e submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
Previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/826  are identified by docket 
number EERE -2013-BT-STD-0022. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2013-BT-STD-0022/document  and provides 
access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents 
are also accessi ble from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  24 July 2023  
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/crnatta chments/2023/TBT/USA/23_09833_00_e.pdf