. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/TPKM/124 
9 July 2012  
 (12-3643) 
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:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU 
KINMEN AND MATSU 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Bureau of Energy  
Ministry of Economic Affairs 
13F., No.2, Fusing N. Rd., Jhongshan Di strict, Taipei City, 104, Taiwan 
Telephone: (886-2) 2772 1370 Fax:  (886-2) 2711 5891 E-mail:  energy@moeaboe.gov.tw  
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 :    
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):  Electric Pots 
(HS:8516.71) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Requirements on 
Labelling and Inspection of Energy Consumpti on and Energy Efficiency Rating for Electric 
Pots     G/TBT/N/TPKM/124 
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  6. Description of content:  The Bureau of Energy intends to propose an energy efficiency 
labelling scheme to regulate the energy performan ce for Electric Pots. The proposed labelling 
scheme applies to both imported products and domestically manuf actured products. In 
addition to the scheme, the proposed technical re gulations also specify labelling requirements, 
the conformity assessment procedures and post-market surveillance actions. Products that fail to conform to the requirements will be prohibite d from being sold and placed on the domestic 
market. This labelling for Electr ic Pots, under the authorization of Energy Management Act, 
will be divided into five grades and should include the following items: 
1. Product names(Electric Pots); 
2. Product model number; 3. Rated water capacity(Litres); 4. Normalized standing loss per 24 h value (kWh/24 h); 
5. Energy efficiency rating; 
6. Annual electricity consumption (kWh), which is calculated by the normalized 
 standing loss per 24 h value (kWh/24 h) X 365 days/year; 7. The year and announcement number of th e Announcement containi ng the Criteria for 
 Energy Efficiency Rating of Electric Po ts used for this ra ting determination; 
8. Registration number for this rating; 
9. Other text as designated by the Central Competent Authority. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To 
promote energy efficiency of the said products  to achieve the national goals of energy 
conservation and envi ronmental protection.  
8. Relevant documents:   Energy Management Act; CNS 12625: (Electric Pots)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
Mid 2013 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  Ministry of Economic Affairs 4 Chinan Road, Section 1 
Taipei, 100, Taiwan 
Tel.:  (+886 2) 2343 1801 Fax:  (+886 2) 2343 1804 E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/TPKM/12_2530_e.pdf  
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