G/TBT/N/EU/604  
 
4 October 2018  
(18-6116) 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 telephone 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: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): 
Refrigerating appliances  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Commission Del egated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of refrigerating 
appliances and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1060/2010 (16 pages 
+ Annexes 30 p ages, in English)    
6. Description of content: The draft Commission Delegated Regulation establishes 
requirements for the energy labelling and the provision of product information of 
refrigerating appliances. In particular, it removes the A+ to A+++ class es from the 
existing energy label for household refrigerating appliances and requires suppliers to 
upload the label data, the product information sheet and technical documentation into a 
product registration database before products can be placed on the EU  market. The draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation is based on the findings of two technical, environmental 
and economic studies, which have been carried out with stakeholders. The draft Regulation 
repeals Regulation (EU) No 1060/2010 with regard to energy  labelling of household 
refrigerating appliances.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: aim is to allow end -users to make an informed choice when buying 
refrigerating appliances, thereby pulling the market towards more environmentally friendly 
products. It will increase energy efficiency and contribute to the fight against climate 
change in the EU.  G/TBT/N/EU/604  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
4 July 2017 setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing 
Directive  2010/30/EU https://eur -lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/1369/oj  
• Regulation (EU) No 1060/2010 with regard to energy  
labelling of hous ehold refrigerating appliances https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32010R1060  
9. Proposed date of adoption: First quarter of 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force: 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU. The provisions shall apply from April 2021. Articles 3(1)(a) and (b) shall apply from 
1 December 2020.  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
European Commission  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail: eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website:  
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/EEC/18_5179_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/201 8/TBT/EEC/18_5179_01_e.pdf