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8 April 2019 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  SAMOA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  Ministry 
of Commerce, Industry and Labour  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Finance  
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:   
Ministry of Finance//Central Bank of Samoa Building - Level 3//Private mail Bag, Apia, 
Samoa  
Phone: (+685)34344  
www.mof.gov.ws  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [X], 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):  Products 
that are covered under this regulation are:  
1. Refrigerators and freezers: HS 84189910  
2. Air conditioners: HS 84151000  
3. Incandesce nt lamps, linear fluorescent lamps, compact fluorescent lamps and 
fluorescent lamp ballasts: HS 8539  
Air conditioning machines, comprising a motor -driven fan and elements for changing the 
temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humi dity cannot be 
separately regulated (HS 8415); Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing 
equipment, electric or other; heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading 
84.15 (HS 8418); Electric filament or discharge lamps, inclu ding sealed beam lamp units 
and ultra -violet or infra -red lamps; arc -lamps (HS 8539)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy Efficient 
(Approved Energy Using Products Standards) Regulations 2018 (9 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The regulation prescribes requirements and date of 
commencement for energy efficiency of energy using products such as refrigerators and 
freezers (the date Regulations are signed by the Head of State), air conditioners 
(6 months from the date Regulations are signed by Head of State) and incandescent 
lamps, linear fluorescent lamps, compact fluorescent lamps and fluorescent lamp ballasts 
(12 months from the date Regulations are signed by Head of State). The regulation also 
prescrib es consumer information and labeling on these products including the registration 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  Publication in which the notification is published when adopted: 
Parliament of Samoa  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  5 March 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force:  5 March 2018  
10. Final date for comments:  This regulation has now being enforced.  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://www.mof.gov.ws/Portals/195/Energy/Energy%20Efficiency/Energy%20Regulati
on.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/WSM/18_1919_00_e.pdf