. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/174 
11 January 2008 
 (08-0124) 
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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail 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 Email: 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):    
- Refrigeration products and equipment which contain perfluorocarbons or preparations 
containing perfluorocarbons; 
- Refrigeration and air conditioning products and equipment (other than those contained in 
motor vehicles), heat pumps, fire protection systems and fire extinguishers, if the respective type of product or equipment cont ains hydrofluorocarbons or preparations 
containing hydrofluorocarbons; 
- Highvoltage switchgear which contains sulphur hexafluoride or preparations containing 
sulphur hexafluoride; 
- Fluorinated greenhouse gas containers. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Regulation establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the form of la bels and additional labe lling requirements as 
regards products and equipment containing certa in fluorinated greenhouse gases (5 pages, in 
English)  http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/tbt/EEC/08_0033_00_e.pdf
 
6. Description of content:   Establishment of the content, fo rmat and placing of labels required 
under Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 for certain products and equipment 
containing those fluorinated greenhouse gases.  
Labels shall contain information on the type  and quantity of the fluorinated greenhouse 
gases contained, explicitly stating that these are covered by the Kyoto Protocol. 
Furthermore, information indicating whether certain products and e quipment have been 
insulated with foam blown with fluorinated greenhouse gases is required. G/TBT/N/EEC/174 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), Perfluorocarbons ( PFCs) and Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) are 
greenhouse gases controlled by the Kyoto Pr otocol. Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 on 
certain fluorinated greenhouse gases aims at re ducing emissions of those gases to help the 
Community and the Member States to meet their Kyoto Protocol objectives and contains an 
obligation to label products containing such gases.  
To implement Regulation (EC) No 842/2006, and in particular Article 7(1) thereof, the 
Commission is required to define details on th e content, placing and format of the labels. 
Given that the notified draft Regulation pursuant to the underlying Regulation (EC) N° 
842/2006 (notified to the TBT under the reference EEC 38) has to enter into force on 
1 April 2008 and that an eventual modification coul d be introduced in the text at the latest at 
the beginning of February 2008, only 30 days can be granted for comments. 
8. Relevant documents:   Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of th e European Parliament and of the 
Council of 17 May 2006 on certain fluorinat ed greenhouse gases, Official Journal, 
14.06.2006, L 161, p. 1 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }1 April 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   30 days after notification 
11. Texts 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 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43 
Email: ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu 
The text is available on the EC-TBT We bsite: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/ 
and http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/tbt/EEC/08_0033_00_e.pdf