. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/319 
23 March 2010  
 (10-1587) 
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:  EUROPEAN UNION
  
If applicable, name of local government 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:  ec-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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Household washing 
machines.        
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
delegated Regulation implementing Directive 2010/… /EU of the European Parliament and 
of the Council with regard to energy labelli ng of household washing machines (25 pages, in 
English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission delegated Regulation establishes 
requirements for the labelling and the provision of supplementary product information on household washing machines including a grading of energy efficiency.  It will repeal 
Directive 95/12/EC of 23 May 1995 impl ementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with 
regard to energy labelling of household electric washing machines.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
The aim is to allow end-users to make an informed choice when buying household washing 
machines – thereby pulling the market towa rds more environmentally friendly washing 
machines.  It will contribute to the fight agai nst climate change and the increase of energy 
efficiency in the EU.  
8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive 92/75/EEC of 22 September 1992 on the 
indication by labelling and standard product info rmation of the consumption of energy and 
other resources by household appliances , OJ L 297, 13 October 1992, p. 6. G/TBT/N/EEC/319 
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Proposal for a Directive of the European Par liament and of the Council on the indication by 
labelling and standard product information of  the consumption of energy and other 
resources by energy-relate products (recast), adoption foreseen in June 2010, status 
accessible on 
http://www.europarl.europa. eu/oeil/file.jsp?id=5715632  
Commission Directive 95/12/EC of 23 Ma y 1995 implementing Council Directive 
92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of ho usehold electric washing machines, Official 
Journal L 47, 24 February 1996, P. 0035 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ. do?uri=CONSLEG:1995L0 012:20070101:EN:PDF  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    September 2010 
20 days from publication in the Official 
Journal of the EU.  The first requirements will be applicable 12 months after publication. 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [  ], 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:  ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu 
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/ 
  
And can be downloaded here: http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/tbt/eec/10_1201_00_e.pdf