Notification Detail
Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Procedures for Evaluating Statutory Factors for Use in New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards (8 page(s), in English)
Reference: G/TBT/N/USA/1583
Date of arrival: 2020 February 19 - Final date for comments:
2020 March 16
Description
: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking - The Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing amendments to its decision-making process for selecting energy conservation standards. More specifically, DOE is proposing changes that would require DOE to conduct a comparative analysis of the relative costs and benefits of all of the proposed alternative levels for potentially establishing or amending an energy conservation standard in order to make a reliable determination that the chosen alternative is economically justified.Objectives
Prevention of Deceptive Practices & Cons. Protect.Protection of Environment
Other
Fields of Activity
Domestic electrical appliances in generalEnvironmental protection
Standardization. General rules
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