WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.56
19March 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0980)
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 (43)
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):
Lamps (HSChapter 9405)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Energy Conservation Standards
Programme forConsumer Products: TestProcedures forFluorescent andIncandescent
Lamps (6pages)
6. Description ofcontent: On28September 1994, theDepartment ofEnergy published an
Interim Final Ruleandaproposed ruleregarding energy conservation testprocedures for
fluorescent andincandescent lamps. Based onthepublic responses, theDepartment is
considering certain revisions oftheInterim Final Rule andproposed ruleandseeks
public comment onoptions itisconsidering. Theoptions involve thefollowing topics:
determining thewattage ofafluorescent lamp forpurposes deciding whether theenergy
conservation standards andtestprocedures apply toit;theconfidence limit, "derating
factor" andstatistical testused inthetestprocedure sampling plan; definition of
coloured lamps; determining therated voltage orrated voltage range ofanincandescent
lamp forpurposes ofdeciding whether theenergy conservation standards andtest
procedures apply toit;defining rated voltage fortesting incandescent lamps; and
defining thebulb shapes forelliptical reflector (ER) andbulged reflector (BR)
incandescent lamps.
7. Objective andrationale: Energy conservation
8. Relevant documents: 61FR7431, 28February 1996; 10CFR Part 430also
59FR49478, 28September 1994. Willappear intheFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 15April 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
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