G/TBT/N/EU/119  
 
26 June 2013  
(13-3316)  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:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
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 :   
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Solid fuel 
boilers and packages of these boilers with supplementary heaters, temperature controls 
and solar devices. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European 
Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of solid fuel boilers and packages of a solid fuel boiler, supplementary heaters, temperature controls and solar devices (46 pages, in English).      
6. Description of content:  The draft Commission Delegated Regulation establishes 
requirements for the energy labelling and the provision of product information of solid 
fuel boilers and packages of these boilers with further products. The draft Commission 
Delegated Regulation is based on the find ings of a technical, environmental and 
economic study which has been carried out with stakeholders.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The aim is to allow end-users to make an informed choice when buying 
solid fuel boilers and packages of these boilers with further products - thereby pulling 
the market towards more environmentally friendly solid fuel boilers. It will contribute to the fight against climate change and the increase of energy efficiency in the EU.  
8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 19 May 2010 on the indication by  labelling and standard product information 
of the consumption of energy and other reso urces by energy-related products, Official 
Journal L 153, 18 June 2010, P. 001. 
http://eur-
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    October 2013 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU. The provisions shall apply 
from September 2015.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification.  
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@e c.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2013/tbt/EEC/13_2390_00_e.pdf