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Notifying Member: HONDURAS

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

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Agency responsible: Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico, SDE (Secretariat for Economic Development)

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:

Dirección General de Integración Económica y Política Comercial (Directorate-General of Economic Integration and Trade Policy)

Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle

Edificio San José, 3er piso

Fax: (+504) 2235-8383 or 2235-5047

Email: gabriela.salinas@sde.gob.hn

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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): ICS: 23.120

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Reglamento Técnico Centroamericano 23.01.78:20 Productos eléctricos. Acondicionadores de aire tipo dividido inverter, con flujo de refrigerante variable descarga libre y sin ductos de aire. Especificaciones de eficiencia energética (Central American Technical Regulation No. 23.01.78:20: Electrical products. Split-type, free-flow, ductless inverter air conditioners with variable refrigerant flow. Energy efficiency specifications) (13 pages, in Spanish)

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Description of content: The notified Regulation seeks to establish the minimum seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER), test methods, conformity assessment procedure and labelling requirements for split-type, free-flow, ductless inverter air conditioners with variable refrigerant flow, which are manufactured, imported or marketed in the States Parties.

The Regulation applies to split-type, free-flow, ductless inverter air conditioners with variable refrigerant flow, powered by electricity, with nominal cooling capacities of up to 19,050W (65,000 BTU), which operate by mechanical compression and include an air-cooling evaporator coil, a frequency compressor with variable refrigerant flow and an air-cooled condensing coil, and which are manufactured, imported or marketed in the States Parties.

The following devices are excluded from the scope of this Technical Regulation:

a. Water-source heat and cooling-only pumps

b. Units designed for use with additional ducting

c. Mobile units (not window-type) with a condenser exhaust duct

d. Multi-split units with a frequency compressor and variable refrigerant flow

e. Floor/ceiling units that exceed the limit of 19,050W (65,000 BTU)

f. Household goods

g. Samples of no commercial value, depending on each State Party's procedure

Note 1: Items f and g do not apply to Honduras.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Consumer information and protection

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Relevant documents:

1.    AHRI 210/240-2017: Performance Rating of Unitary Air-Conditioning & Air-Source Heat Pump Equipment;

2.    ANSI/ASHRAE 37-2009: Methods of Testing for Rating Electrically Driven Unitary Air-Conditioning and Heat Pump Equipment;

3.    ANSI/ASHRAE 116-2010: Methods of Testing for Rating Seasonal Efficiency of Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps;

4.    CSA C656-2014: Performance Standard For Split-System and Single-Package Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps;

5.    NORMA Oficial Mexicana NOM 026 ENER 2015, Eficiencia energética en acondicionadores de aire tipo dividido (Inverter) con flujo de refrigerante variable, descarga libre y sin ductos de aire;

6.    ISO 16358-1:2013: Air-cooled air conditioners and air-to-air heat pumps - Testing and calculating methods for seasonal performance factors - Part 1: Cooling seasonal performance factor.

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico

Dirección General de Integración Económica y Política Comercial

Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle

Edificio San José, 3er piso

Fax: (+504) 2235-5047 or 2235-8383

Email: gabriela.salinas@sde.gob.hn; gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com

Website:

https://sde.gob.hn/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/RTCA-AA-Inverter_RUA02-2020-10-13-Final.pdf