. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHE/104 
19 November 2008  
 (08-5623) 
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:  SWITZERLAND
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Office of Energy, Bern 
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 :  State Secretariat 
for Economic Affairs, Non-tariff Measures Di vision, Effingerstrasse 1, CH-3003 Berne. 
Fax:++41 31 324 09 58.e-mail:tbt@seco.admin.ch 
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):  Refrigerators, freezers; 
washing machines; tumble driers; combined washer-driers; ovens; televisions; set-top-boxes; audio and DVD products; computer s; monitors; printers, scanne rs and all-in-one devices; 
electric motors; power supplies. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft revision of the 
Energy Ordinance, Draft 6 October 2008, Annexes 2.2,  2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 
2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15,  (39 pa ges, German, French, Italian) 
6. Description of content:  Switzerland put amendments to the Energy Ordinance out to 
consultation on 1 November 2008. Under the new rules only electrical appliances complying 
with minimum efficiency requirement s will be allowed onto the market.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Studies have shown that the demand for elec tricity will also continue to increase in 
Switzerland in the coming years. The public interest in a secure and environmentally-sound 
supply of electricity means that energy efficien cy needs to be encouraged more strongly. The 
concerned appliances are using a great part of  electric energy in Switzerland.  Minimum 
efficiency requirements will help to reduce the increase of electricity use.  
8. Relevant documents:   Energy Ordinance of 7 Decem ber 1998 (SR 730.01), available in 
French, German and Italian; IEC 62087; IE C 60034-30; IEC 62301; ENERGY STAR Test 
Procedures.    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      May 2009 
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  10. Final date for comments:  31 January 2009  
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:  
http://www.bfe.admin.ch/e nergie/00588/00589/index.html?lang=de&dossier_id=02760  
http://www.bfe.admin.ch/e nergie/00588/00589/index.html?lang=fr&dossier_id=02760  
http://www.bfe.admin.ch/ene rgie/00588/00<>589/index.html?lang=it&dossier_id=02760  
And at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/tbt/che/08_3674_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/tbt/che/08_3674_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/tbt/che/08_3674_00_x2.pdf