. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/NZL/32 
22 February 2007 
 (07-0745) 
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:   NEW ZEALAND
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:  
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) 
Level One 44 The Terrace 
P O Box 388 
Wellington 
Fax:  (+64) 4 499 5330 
E-mail:  Fiona.weightman@eeca.govt.nz Website: www.eeca.govt.nz 
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:         
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):   Solar Water Heating 
Systems.  (Principally covered by HS:  8419.19.00 and HS:  8491.50) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   This programme is 
under development and so no official documentati on is available.  For further information 
on the programme please contact EECA. 
6. Description of content:   The New Zealand Government intends to implement a five year 
programme designed to increase the uptake of so lar water heating (SWH) in New Zealand.  
The Operational Framework for Financial Assi stance Package will govern participation in 
the programme. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The New Zealand Government intends to impl ement a five year programme designed to 
increase the uptake of solar water heating in New Zealand.  Funding of NZ$15 million for 
the first three years of the programme has b een approved commencing in the 2007/08 (July-
June) financial year. 
The programme is aligned with the New Zealand Energy Strategy and climate change 
policy and is intended to contribute to the gove rnment’s objectives of increasing renewable G/TBT/N/NZL/32 
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  energy use, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving energy efficiency in homes 
and government/commercial buildings. 
The main elements of the programme are th e promotion of solar water heating, the 
provision of information for the residential and commercial sectors, capacity building for 
the solar water heating industry, direct fina ncial incentives targeting the residential sector, 
government sector leadership and a contestable innovation fund.   
All solar water heating systems installed as part of this programme are required to meet the 
requirements of the Standard AS/NZS 2712 Solar and heat pump water heaters – Design 
and construction.  
Because the funding allocated to the first th ree years of the programme is limited, the 
government has decided to offer financial as sistance only to consumers installing cost 
effective SWH systems.  Packaged solar water heating systems nominated by suppliers are being, or will be, modelled under methodology  described in draft Standard AS/NZS 
4234:2007 Solar water heaters - Domestic a nd heat pump - Calculation of energy 
consumption.  Outputs of the modelling will be publicised and used to calculate a threshold 
for financial assistance. 
8. Relevant documents:   Not yet available 
Proposed date of adoption:  By the commencement of the 2007/2008 financial year 9. 
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2007  
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from Notification 
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:   
This programme is under devel opment and so no official documentation is available.  For 
further information on the programme please contact EECA. 
The Standard AS/NZS 2712:2002 is now  available at commercial prices from 
http://www.standards.co.nz.  Note that a 2007 edition will be available for purchase when 
published. 
The draft Standard AS/NZS 4234:2007 is available on request from the National Enquiry 
Point.