. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EU/35 
16 April 2012  
 (12-1995) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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:  mailto:eu-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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Electrical lamps and 
luminaires. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and 
of the Council with regard to energy labelling of  electrical lamps and luminaires (29 pages, in 
English).      
6. Description of content:  The draft Commission Delega ted Regulation establishes 
requirements for the energy labell ing and the provision of product  information of electrical 
lamps and luminaires. It will repeal Commi ssion Directive 98/11/EC of 27 January 1998, 
implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC (2010/ 31/EU revised), with regard to energy 
labelling of household lamps.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
aim is to allow end-users to make an inform ed choice when buying electrical lamps and 
luminaires - thereby pulling the market towards more environmentally friendly appliances. It 
will contribute to the fight against climate change and the increase of energy efficiency in the EU.  G/TBT/N/EU/35 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive 2010/30/EU of 30 May 2010 on the indication by 
labelling and standard product information of th e consumption of energy and other resources 
by  energy-related produ cts, Offi cial Journal L 153, 18 June 2010, P. 001. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32010L0030:EN:NOT   
Commission Directive 98/11/ EC of 27 January 1998 implementing Council Directive 
92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household lamps, Official Journal L 71, 
10 March 1998, P. 001. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31998L0011:EN:NOT  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    End of June 2012  
20 days from publication in  the Official Journal 
of the EU. The first requirements will be applicable from 1 September 2013. 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], 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:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/EEC/12_1270_00_e.pdf