. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/274 
11 May 2009  
 (09-2278) 
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 website 
addresses, if available) of agency or auth ority 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 [   ], 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):  Household refrigerating 
appliances. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Directive implementing Council Directive 92/75/ EC with regard to energy labelling of 
household refrigerating appliances   (34 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Directive establishes requirements for the 
labelling and the provision of supplementary product information on household refrigerating 
appliances including a grading of energy effi ciency. It will repeal Commission Directive 
94/2/EC of 21 January 1994 implementing Coun cil Directive 92/75/EE C with regard to 
energy labelling of household el ectric refrigerators, freez ers and their combinations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
aim is to allow end-users to make an inform ed choice when buying household refrigerating 
appliances - thereby pulling the market towards more environmentally friendly appliances. It 
will contribute to the fight against climate change and the increase of energy efficiency in the 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive 92/75/EEC of 22 September 1992 on the indication 
by labelling and standard product informati on of the consumption of energy and other 
resources of household appliances, Offici al Journal L 297, 13 October 1992, P. 006 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31992L0075:EN:HTML
 
Commission Directive 94/2/EC of 21 Ja nuary 1994 implementing Council Directive 
92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household electric refrig erators, freezers and 
their combinations, Offi cial Journal L 45, 17 February 1994, P. 001  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31994L0002:EN:HTML  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    July 2009 
20 days from publication in  the Official Journal 
of the EU. The first requirements will be applicable from 1 January 2011. 
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 can be downloaded here.