./.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HKG/26 
4 August 2006 
 (06-3783) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   HONG KONG, CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, The Government of 
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 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):   
Room air conditioners (HS: 84151000 and 84158100) 
Refrigerating appliances (H S: 84181000 and 84182100) 
Compact fluorescent lamps (HS: 85393100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Mandatory 
Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme in Hong Kong, China (3 pages, in English) and the draft Codes of Practice for Room Air Cond itioners, Refrigerating Appliances and Compact 
Fluorescent Lamps (a total of 44 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:   Over 40 countries, including the United States, the European 
Union, Australia, New Zealand, Canada a nd South Korea, have introduced mandatory 
EELS for various products.  Hong Kong, China has been operating a voluntary energy 
efficiency labelling scheme for household and office appliances and vehicles since 1995.  
To achieve the objectives as set out in para graph 7, Hong Kong, China will introduce a 
mandatory energy efficiency labelling schem e for room air conditioners, refrigerating 
appliances and compact fluorescent lamps.  Local manufacturers or importers of products 
covered by the mandatory scheme will have to  register their product models with the 
Electrical and Mechanical Services Department , and affix energy labels in a prescribed 
format onto the registered products prior to  supplying them to the Hong Kong market. G/TBT/N/HKG/26 
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7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
The objectives of the mandatory scheme are: 
(a) to increase public awareness of the importance of using energy-efficient 
products; 
(b) to provide consumers with more energy-efficient products; and 
(c) to provide incentive to product suppliers to market more energy-efficient 
products. 
8. Relevant documents:   Nil 
Proposed date of adoption:   By mid-2007 9. 
Proposed date of entry into force:    
By mid-2008 
10. Final date for comments:   6 October 2006 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Electrical and Mechanical Services Department 
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 
3 Kai Shing Street 
Kowloon Hong Kong 
Tel:  (+852) 2808 3295 
Fax:  (+852) 2890 6081 
E-mail:  chanyk@emsd.gov.hk