. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/234 
18 November 2008  
 (08-5611) 
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 COMMUNITIES
  
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 web-site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
European Commission 
EC-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 [ X ], 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):  External power supplies 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Regulation implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council with regard to ecodesign requireme nts for no-load condition electric power 
consumption and average active efficiency of ex ternal power supplies ( 21 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation sets mandatory requirements for 
no-load condition power consumption and averag e active efficiency of external power 
supplies, which become effective in two stages one year /two ye ars after entry into force of 
the Regulation, respectively. The aim is to tap cost-effective improvement potentials to reduce 
the energy losses in external power supplies due to converting mains power to low voltage 
DC or AC power. The draft Regulation is base d on the findings of a technical, environmental 
and economic study which has been carried out  with stakeholders from around the world. 
Definitions and energy levels are largely in line with further initiatives as e.g. the federal US 
Energy Bill and the US Energy Star programme . In accordance with Framework Directive 
2005/32/EC products not meeting these requirements will not be allowed to be placed on the 
internal market.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Increase of energy efficiency in the EU, mitigation of climate change  G/TBT/N/EEC/234 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for th e setting of ecodesign re quirements for energy-
using products,  Official Journal L 191 , 22/07/2005 P. 0029 – 0058 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2005:191:0029:0058:EN:PDF
 
Technical, environmental a nd economic preparatory study, www.ecocharger.org   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Beginning of 2009 
20 days from publication in  the Official Journal 
of the EU. The first/second tier requirements will be applicable one year/two years after the entry into force of the regulation, respectively 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [  ], or addre ss, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:  ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu The text is available on the EC-TBT Website :  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/ 
  
And at: http://members.wto.org/crnat tachments/2008/tbt/eec/08_3652_00_e.pdf