. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/363 
18 February 2011  
 (11-0841) 
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 : 
 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point, Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-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):  Air conditioners. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and 
of the Council with regard to energy labelli ng of air conditioners (88 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  The draft Commission Delega ted Regulation establishes 
requirements for the energy labelling and the provision of product information of air 
conditioners. It will repeal Commissi on Directive 2002/31/EC of 22 March 2002, 
implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC (2010/ 31/EU revised), with regard to energy 
labelling of household air-conditioners.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
aim is to allow end-users to make an informed  choice when buying air conditioners - thereby 
pulling the market towards more environmentally friendly appliances. It will contribute to the 
fight against climate change and increase energy efficiency in the EU.  G/TBT/N/EEC/363 
Page 2  
 
  8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive 2010/30/EU of 30 May 2010 on the indication by 
labelling and standard product information of th e consumption of energy and other resources 
by  energy-related produ cts, Offi cial Journal L 153, 18 June 2010, P. 001. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31992L0075:EN:HTML
 
Commission Directive 2002/31/EC of 22 Ma rch 2002 implementing Council Directive 
92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household air-conditioners , Official Journal L 
86, 3 March 2002, P. 026.  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32002L0031:EN:HTML
 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Mid-April 2011  
20 days from publication in  the Official Journal 
of the EU.  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 address, 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:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu
 
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website :  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/    
and can be downloaded at 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/EEC/11_0440_00_e.pdf