G/TBT/N/PER/73  
23 April 2015  
(15-2145)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member: PERU 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Energía y Minas , MINEM (Ministry of Energy and 
Mining) 
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: Ministerio de 
Comercio Exterior y Turismo (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism) 
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): Technical 
Regulation on the energy effi ciency labelling of household refrigerating appliances: 84.18 
Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; 
heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading 84.15. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
técnico sobre etiquetado de eficiencia energética de aparatos de refrigeración de uso 
doméstico (Technical Regulation on the energy efficiency labelling of household 
refrigerating appliances) (27 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the technical 
characteristics of energy labelling and the va rious energy efficiency ranges indicated on 
energy labels, as well as the test methods to be applied for the production, importation 
and marketing of energy equipment. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: This proposal establishes the technical and energy labelling requirements to 
be met for the production, importation and marketing of household refrigerating 
appliances, with a view to protecting human health and safety and preventing practices 
likely to mislead consumers. The Technical Regulation also establishes conformity assessment procedures and administrative provisions in accordance with the WTO TBT 
Agreement and Andean Community Decision No. 562. 
8. Relevant documents:  
 IEC 62552-1:2015 Household refrigerating appliances – Characteristics and test 
methods – Part 1: General requirements 
 IEC 62552-2:2015 Household refrigerating appliances – Characteristics and test 
methods – Part 2: Performance requirements 
 IEC 62552-3:2015 Household refrigerating appliances – Characteristics and test 
methods – Part 3: Energy consumption and volume 
 IEC 60704-2-14:2013 Household and similar electrical appliances – Test code for 
the determination of airborne acoustical noise – Part 2-14: Particular requirements 
for refrigerators, frozen-food st orage cabinets and food freezers G/TBT/N/PER/73 
- 2 - 
  9. Proposed date of adoption: Six months after publication in the Official Journal El 
Peruano . 
Proposed date of entry into force: Six months after publication in the Official Journal El 
Peruano . 
10. Final date for comments: 20 July 2015 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio Exte rior y Turismo – MINCETUR 
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 – Urb. Corpac – Lima 27 – Perú 
Tel.: +(51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 8022 
Fax: +(51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 8002 Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/sirt/public/index.aspx 
http://www.mincetur.gob.p e/reglamentostecnicos 
http://www.minem.gob.pe/_pr epublicacion.php?idSector =10&idPrepublicacion=164 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/PER/15_1704_00_s.pdf