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1 May 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 1 May 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Switzerland .  
 
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Energy Efficiency Ordinance  
The Federal Council adopted the final version of the Energy Efficiency Ordinance, previously 
notified as G/TBT/N/CHE/240. The amendments to the already notified draft Energy Efficiency 
Ordinance are as follows:  
• Refrigerating appliances (Annex 1.1): Number 2.2 of the Energy Efficiency Ordinance, 
according to which the EEI for refrigerating appliances shall not exceed 80 as of 1 March 
2024, has been deleted. Thus, the minimum energy performance requirements for 
refrigerating appliances will be the same as in the EU as of 1 March 2024 (i.e. 100 EEI) 
according to  the adopted version of the Energy Efficiency Ordinance. For single -door 
refrigerators (with a ratio of the volume of the three -star or four -star compartment(s) to 
the total volume of less than 0.18), the same minimum energy performance requirements 
as in the EU will already apply as of 1 March 2021 (i.e. 125 EEI).  
• Refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function (Annex 1.21): The minimum energy 
performance requirements, as set out under point 2.1 to 2.5, shall only apply to beverage 
coolers, vertical and combined supermarket refrigerator cabinets and vertical and 
combined supermarket freezer cabinets. For ice -cream freezers, gelato -scooping cabinets 
and horizontal supermarket freezer cabinets the same minimum energy performance 
requirements as in the E U will apply.  
 The final amendments of the Energy Efficiency Ordinance are attached to this notification.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/CHE/20_3028_00_f. pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/CHE/20_3028_00_x1.pdf   
https:// members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/CHE/20_3028_00_x2.pdf  
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