. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/323 
6 April 2010  
 (10-1801) 
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 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 [   ], 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):  Fans driven by electric 
motors. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Regulation implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for fans  driven by motors with an electric 
input power between 125 W and 500 kW (22 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation sets minimum energy 
performance requirements for fans driven or desi gned to be driven by electric motors with an 
electric input power between 125 W and 500 kW, including those integrated in other 
products. As cost-eff ective potential exists to limit the en ergy consumption of these products, 
the draft Regulation sets requirements on their energy performance. In accordance with 
Framework Directive 2009/125/EC, products not meeting these minimu m requireme nts will 
not be allowed to be placed, or put in to service, on the EU internal market.  
The draft Regulation is based on a technical,  environmental and economic study which has 
been carried out with stakeholders from around the world. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Fight against climate change, increase of energy efficiency in the EU.  G/TBT/N/EEC/323 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2009/125/EC of the Europe an Parliament and of the Council 
of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for 
energy-related products, O fficial Journal L 285, 31 October 2009, page 10-35. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2009:285:0010:0035:EN:PDF
 
Technical, environmental and economic preparatory study:  
http://www.ecomotors.org/files/Lot11_fans_1-8_280408_final.pdf  
Minutes of Consultation Forum meeting: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/ efficiency/ecodesign/doc/forum/minutes_fans_27052008_final.pdf
 
ISO standards 5801 (finished) and 12759 (under development)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    October 2010 
20 days from publication in  the Official Journal 
of the European Union. The first requirements 
will be applicable from 1 July 2012. 
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 
EU-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/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/EEC/10_1348_00_e.pdf