. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EU/45 
4 June 2012  
 (12-2924) 
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 [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):  Space heaters and 
combination heaters 
5. Title, number of pages and language(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 space heaters and combination heaters 
(34 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation sets minimum energy 
performance, maximum nitrogen oxides em issions, maximum sound power level and 
information requirements for space heaters and combination heaters, as there exists a cost-effective potential to limit their energy consum ption, air emissions a nd sound power level. In 
accordance with Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/ EC, products not meeting these requirements 
will not be allowed to be placed on the EU market. It will repeal Council Directive 92/42/EEC of 21 May 1992 on effici ency requirements for new hot -water boilers fired with 
liquid or gaseous fuels. The draft Regulatio n is based 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 nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
aim is to remove the most inefficient space heaters and combination heaters from the market - 
thereby pushing the market  towards more environmentally frie ndly heaters. It will contribute 
to the fight against climate change and the increase of energy efficiency in the EU.  G/TBT/N/EU/45 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2009/125/EC of the Europe an Parliament and of the Council 
of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for 
energy-related products, Official J ournal L 285, 31 October 2009, P. 010. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:285:0010:0035:en:PDF  
Council Directive 92/42/EEC of 21 May 1992 on e fficiency requirement s for new hot-water 
boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels, Official Journal L 167, 22 June 1992, P. 017. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31992L0042:EN:HTML  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    December 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_2118_00_e.pdf