G/TBT/N/USA/691 美国发布“能源节约计划：电池充电器和外部电源能源节约标准”涉及电池产品（20120404）

World Trade

Organization

G/TBT/N/USA/691

4 April 2012

(12-1802)

Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade

Original:      English

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Notifying Member:  United States

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   

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Agency responsible:  Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), Department of Energy (DOE) (708)

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:   

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other: 

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Battery chargers, external power supplies (ICS 13.020, 97.180)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies (172 pages, English)    

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Description of content:  The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and commercial and industrial equipment, including battery chargers and external power supplies (EPSs). EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to determine whether more stringent, amended standards for these products are technologically feasible, economically justified, and would save a significant amount of energy. In this notice, DOE proposes amended energy conservation standards for Class A EPSs and new energy conservation standards for non-Class A EPSs and battery chargers. The notice also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  Protection of the environment and consumers.

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Relevant documents:  77 Federal Register (FR) 18478, 27 March 2012; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 430. Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted  

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Proposed date of adoption: 

Proposed date of entry into force: 

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To be determined

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Final date for comments:  29 May 2012

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Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: 

Internet URLs:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-27/html/2012-6042.htm

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-27/pdf/2012-6042.pdf