WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.78
10March 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0967)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: UNITED STATES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Department ofEnergy (2)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Plumbing products and
residential appliances
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Energy Conservation Programme
forConsumer Products; TestProcedures andCertification Requirements forPlumbing
Products; andCertification Requirements forResidential Appliances (20pages, English)
6. Description ofcontent: Thisproposed rulewould codify water conservation standards
andtestprocedures established intheEnergy Policy andConservation Actforplumbing
products, incorporate byreference water conservation standard andtestprocedures for
faucets andtestprocedures forshowerheads revised bytheAmerican Society of
Mechanical Engineers/American National Standards Institute, and provide for
certification ofcompliance withplumbing product standards. Thisproposed rulewould
alsoclarify thecertification requirements applicable toallresidential appliances.
7. Objective andrationale: Energy andwater conservation
8. Relevant documents: 62FR7834, 20February 1997; 10CFR Part430. Willappear
intheFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Tobedetermined
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 6May1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: