. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/320 
23 March 2010  
 (10-1588) 
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 
Regulation implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for household washing machines (15 pages, 
in English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation sets minimum energy 
performance requirements for household washi ng machines, as a cost-effective potential 
exists to limit their energy consumpti on. In accordance with Framework Directive 
2009/125/EC, products not meeting these minimum requirements will not be allowed to be 
placed on the EU market.  
The draft Regulation is based on the findings of a technical, environmental and economic 
study which has been carried out with  stakeholders from around the world. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Fight against climate change, increase of energy efficiency in the EU.  
8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a fra mework for the setting of ecodesign 
requirements for energy-using products, Official  Journal L 285, 31 October 2009, P. 10–35  G/TBT/N/EEC/320 
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  http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:285:0010:0035:EN:PDF  
Technical, environmental and economic preparatory study, http://www.ecowet-
domestic.org/  
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 one year 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 also be downloaded here: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/tbt/eec/10_1202_00_e.pdf