. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TPKM/88 
19 July 2010  
 (10-3913) 
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:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF 
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Bureau of Energy  
Ministry of Economic Affairs 
13F., No.2, Fusing N. Rd., Jhongshan District,  
Taipei City, 104, Taiwan Tel.:  (886-2) 2772 1370 Fax:  (886-2) 2776 9417 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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Dehumidifiers 
(CCCN 8479.89); Dehumidifier (CCCN 8509.80) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Requirements for 
Labelling and Inspection of Energy Consumption and Energy Efficiency Rating for Dehumidifiers     
6. Description of content:  The Bureau of Energy intends to  promote an energy efficiency 
rating labelling scheme for dehumidifiers under the authorization of Energy Management 
Act. The labelling will be divided into five grades.  
The proposed requirements apply to both im ported products and domestically manufactured 
products.  The proposed technical regulation also specifies the labelling requirements, the conformity assessment procedures and post-market  surveillance actions.  Products that fail 
to conform to the requirements will be pr ohibited from being imported and placed on the 
domestic market.  
The labelling of dehumidifiers s hould include the items below: 
1. Product names; 
2. Product model number; G/TBT/N/TPKM/88 
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  3. Rated Capacity (L/day); 
4. Energy factor(L/kWh); 
5. Energy efficiency rating; 
6. Annual electricity consumption (kWh/yea r), which is calculated by the Rated 
Capacity (L/day)/labelled Energy factor (L/kWh) X 22.5 days.  Annual electricity 
consumption value shall be rounded to integer; 
7. The year and announcement number of the Announcement containing the Criteria 
for Energy Efficiency Rating of Dehumidifie rs used for this rating determination; 
8. Registration number for this rating labelling; and  
9. Other text as designated by the central competent authority. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
To promote energy efficiency of the said pro ducts to achieve the national goals of energy 
conservation and environmental protection.  
8. Relevant documents:   Energy Management Act; CNS 12492 (Dehumidifiers)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 
Early 2011   
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, 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) 3343 5140 
Fax:  (886-2) 2343 1804 
Email:  tbteng@bsmi.gov.tw  And can be downloaded here: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/TPKM/10_2774_00_e.pdf