. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/274/Rev.1 
21 April 2010  
 (10-2043) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
 
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 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:  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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Household refrigerating 
appliances. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
delegated Regulation im plementing Directive 2010/…/EU of th e European Parliament and of 
the Council with regard to energy labelling of household refrigerating appl iances (40 pages, in 
English). 
6. Description of content:  Draft Commission Direc tive implementing Council 
Directive 92/75/EC with regard to energy labe lling of household refrigerating appliances was 
notified at a draft stage on 11 May 2009 (EEC/274).  In the legislative procedure the draft has 
been revised and is replaced by the presen t draft Commission dele gated Regulation which 
establishes requirements for the labelling and the provisi on of supplementary product 
information on household refrigera ting appliances including a gradi ng of energy efficiency.  It 
will repeal Commission Directive 94/2/EC  of 21 January 1994 implementing Council 
Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy la belling of household elec tric refrigerators, 
freezers and their combinations.  The amendments mainly concern the timing of the dates of 
application, the format of the la bel and adaptation further to the entry into force of the Treaty 
on the functioning of the European Union.  G/TBT/N/EEC/274/Rev.1 
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  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 household refrigerating 
appliances – 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. 
8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive 92/75/EEC of 22 September 1992 on the indication 
by labelling and standard product informati on of the consumption of energy and other 
resources of household appliances, Offici al Journal L 297, 13 October 1992, P. 006 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31992L0075:EN:HTML  
Commission Directive 94/2/EC of 21 January 1994 implementing Council 
Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy la belling of household elec tric refrigerators, 
freezers and their combinat ions, Official Journal L 45, 17 February1994, P. 001  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31994L0002:EN:HTML  
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parlia ment and of the Council on the indication by 
labelling and standard product information of th e consumption of energy and other resources 
by energy-relate products (rec ast), adoption foreseen in Ju ne 2010, status accessible on 
http://www.europarl.europa. eu/oeil/file.jsp?id=5715632    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    July 2010 
20 days from publication in  the Official Journal 
of the EU.  The first requirements will be 
applicable 12 months  after publication. 
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 Email:  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/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/eec/10_1482_00_e.pdf