. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/JOR/20 
27 June 2012  
 (12-3416) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  JORDAN  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:    
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 :   
Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization (JSMO) 
Tel.:  +962 6 5301225, Fax:  +962 6 5301249 E-mail:  jsmo@jsmo.gov.jo   
Website:  http://www.jsmo.gov.jo/  
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):   
ICS 35.240.99: IT applications in other fields 
ICS 35.260: Office machines 
ICS 97.030: Domestic electri cal appliances in general 
ICS 13.020.10: Environmental Management 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Technical 
Regulation on eco-design requireme nts for standby and off mode electric power consumption 
of electrical and electronic household and offi ce equipment, for the year 2012 (5 pages, in 
English).      
6. Description of content:  This Draft Technical regulation es tablishes requirements related to 
standby and off mode electric power consumpti on. This Regulation appl ies to electrical and 
electronic household and office equipment. This regulation shall not apply to electrical and 
electronic household and office equipment placed on the market with a low voltage external 
power supply. This draft approximates th e Commission Regulation (EC) No1275/2008.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
- Environmental protection against green gas emissions.  
- To promote energy efficient products in order to protect the consumers rights in 
 identifying the most energy efficient products in the market. - To minimize the burden of energy bill in Jordan. G/TBT/N/JOR/20 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
- Draft Technical Re gulation on eco-design requirement s of Energy related products, 
 for the year 2012. - Commission regulation (EC) No 1275/2008of 17 December 2008 implementing 
 Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parlia ment and of the Council with regard to 
 ecodesign requirements for standby and o ff mode electric power consumption of 
 electrical and electronic house hold and office equipment. 
- Jordan Standards and Metrology law 22/2000.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    September 2012 
January 2013 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification date 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Jordan Standards and Metr ology Organization (JSMO) 
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  Tel.:  +962 6 5301225 Fax:  +962 6 5301249 
E-mail:  enquiry@jsmo.gov.jo