. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/604 
10 December 2010  
 (10-6682) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Office of Energy Efficiency  and Renewable Energy (OEERE), 
Department of Energy (DOE) (621) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail 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):  Residential dishwashers, 
dehumidifiers, conventiona l cooking products (HS 8422.11,  8516.60;  ICS 13.020, 19.020, 
97.030, 97.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy Conservation 
Program for Consumer Products :  Test Procedures for Residential Dishwashers, 
Dehumidifiers, and Conventional Cooking Products (Standby Mode and Off Mode); 
Proposed Rule (46 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  In order to implement recent amendments to the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), the U.S. Depa rtment of Energy (DOE) proposes to amend 
its test procedures for residential dishwa shers, dehumidifiers, and conventional cooking 
products (which include cooktops, ovens, and ra nges) to provide for measurement of standby 
mode and off mode energy use by these products.  The proposed amendments would incorporate into the DOE test procedures relevant provisions from the International 
Electrotechnical Commission's (IEC) Standard  62301, "Household electrical appliances – 
Measurement of standby power", First Editi on 2005–06 (IEC Standard 62301 (First Edition)). 
DOE also proposes to adopt definitions of va rious modes of operation based on the relevant 
provisions from the IEC Standard 62301 "Househol d electrical appliances – Measurement of 
standby power", Second Edition Final Draft In ternational Standard (IEC Standard 62301 
(FDIS)).  In addition, DOE proposes to adopt la nguage to clarify app lication of these test 
procedure provisions for measuring standby mode and off mode power consumption in 
dishwashers, dehumidifiers, and conventional cooking products.  Furt hermore, the proposed 
amendments would add new calculations to de termine annual energy c onsumption associated 
with the standby mode and off mode measured power.  Finally, the amendments would modify existing energy consumption equations  to integrate standby mode and off mode 
energy consumption into the calculation of  overall annual energy consumption and annual 
operating cost of those products which alre ady have definitions for such measures G/TBT/N/USA/604 
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  (dishwashers and conventional cooking products).  DOE is al so announcing a public meeting 
to discuss and receive comments on the issues presented in this notice. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment and consumers  
8. Relevant documents:   75 Federal Register (FR) 75289, 2 December 2010;  Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations  (CFR) Part 430 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  15 February 2011 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: 
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-29756.htm  
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-29756.pdf