G/TBT/N/EU/177  
 
28 January 2014  
(14-0473)  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:  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):   
- Electric mains-operated professional storage cabinets including those sold for the 
refrigeration of items other than foodstuffs; 
- Electric mains-operated blast cabinets; - Process chillers intended to operate at low and medium temperature; 
- Condensing units operating at low and medium temperature. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Regulation implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament 
and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for professional storage cabinets, 
blast cabinets, condensing units and process chillers (38 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation sets minimum energy 
performance and information requirements for professional storage cabinets, blast 
cabinets, condensing units and process chillers, as there exists a cost-effective potential 
to limit the energy consumption of these products. In accordance with Framework 
Directive 2009/125/EC, products not meeting th ese requirements will not be allowed to 
be placed on the EU market.  
The draft Regulation is based on the findings  of technical, environmental and economic 
studies which have been carried out with  stakeholders from around the world. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Fight against climate change, increase of  energy efficiency in the European 
Union.  G/TBT/N/EU/177 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2009/125/EC of the Eu ropean Parliament and of the 
Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of Ecodesign requirements for energy-related products , Official Journal L 285 , 31 October 2009 
P. 0010. 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:285:0010:01:EN:HTML    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    October 2014 20 days from publication in the Official 
Journal of the EU (The provisions shall apply 
from 1/7/2015)  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from 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:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/     
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/TBT/EEC/14_0382_00_e.pdf