. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EU/48 
4 June 2012  
 (12-2926) 
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):  Water heaters, hot water 
storage tanks and packages of water heater a nd solar device. 
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 water heaters, hot water storage tanks and 
packages of water heater and solar devi ce (68 pages, in English).      
6. Description of content:  The draft Commission Delega ted Regulation establishes 
requirements for the energy la belling and the provision of pr oduct information of water 
heaters, hot water storage tanks and packages of water heater and solar device. The draft Commission Delegated Regulation is based on the findings of a technical, environmental and 
economic study which has been carried ou t with stakeholders from around the world.  
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 water heaters, hot water 
storage tanks and packages of water heater and solar device - thereby pulling the market 
towards more environmentally friendly applianc es. It will contribute to the fight against 
climate change and the increase of energy efficiency in the EU.  G/TBT/N/EU/48 
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  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, Official Journal L 
153, 18 June 2010, P. 001. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2010:153:0001:0012:EN:PDF  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    August 2012 
20 days from publication in  the Official Journal 
of the EU. The first requirements will be 
applicable from January 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 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_2121_00_e.pdf