. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EU/80 
17 December 2012  
 (12-6857) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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:  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 [   ], 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):  Domestic and commercial 
vacuum cleaners 
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  vacuum cleaners (38 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Delegated Re gulation sets re quirements for 
the energy labelling and the provision of produc t information for domestic and commercial 
vacuum cleaners.  The draft Regulation is base d on the findings of a technical, environmental 
and economic study which has been carried out  with stakeholders from around the world.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The aim is to allow end-users to make an informed choice when buying vacuum cleaners - 
thereby pulling the market towards more envi ronmentally friendly a ppliances. It will 
contribute to the fight against climate change and the increase of energy efficiency in the EU, 
reduce local noise pollution, and help end-users to choose appliances with health benefits.  
8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2010/30/EU of the Europe an 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 resources by  energy-related products, OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, 
p. 1-12 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2010:153:0001:0012:EN:PDF  G/TBT/N/EU/80 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    June 2013 
20 days from publication in the Official Journal 
of the EU (about a month after adoption approx.) The first provisions shall apply 1 year after entry into force. 
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 addresses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/EEC/12_4758_00_e.pdf