. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/203 
28 July 2006 
 (06-3635) 
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:   UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   State of California (210) 
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:    
Energy Efficiency Division 
California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth St., MS-25 Sacramento, CA  95814   U.S.A.  
or  
U.S. WTO TBT Inquiry Point 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   3.2 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Appliances efficiency -- 
power supplies; consumer audi o and video equipment, which are televisions, compact audio 
products, digital versatile disc players, digital versatile disc recorders, and digital television 
adapters (HS:  Chapter  8504, 8519, 8525) (ICS:  33, 97). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Amendments to 
Appliance Efficiency Regulations, California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Sections 
1601 – 1608 (10 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   These Appliance Efficiency Regulations, (California Code of 
Regulations, Title 20, Sections  1601 through 1608) dated July 2006, were adopted by the 
California Energy Commission on 24 May 2006, and approved by the California Office of 
Administrative Law on 23 June 2006.  These A ppliance Efficiency Regulations replace all 
previous versions of California Appliance Efficiency Regulations.   
The Appliance Efficiency Regulations incl ude standards for both federally-regulated 
appliances and non-federally-regulated appliances.   Twenty-one categories of appliances are 
included in the scope of these regulations.  Th e standards within these regulations apply to 
appliances that are sold or offered for sale in California, except those sold wholesale in 
California for final retail sale outside the stat e and those designed and sold exclusively for 
use in recreational vehicles or other mobile equipment. G/TBT/N/USA/203 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment 
8. Relevant documents:   Appliance Efficiency Regulations, (California Code of Regulations, 
Title 20, Sections 1601 th rough 1608), July 2006, available online at URL:  
http://www.energy.ca.gov/2006publicati ons/CEC-400-2006-002/ CEC-400-2006-002-
REV1.PDF 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   1 January 2007 
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:   
Text and relevant documents ava ilable online at Internet URL: 
http://www.energy.ca.gov/appliances/2006rulemaking2/documents/2006-04-
24_EXPRESS_TERMS_15-DAY.PDF