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Notifying Member: CHINA

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

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Agency responsible:

State Administration for Market Regulation (Standardization Administration of the P.R.C.)

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 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 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): electric rice cookers, electric pressure cookers, electric stewing pots and similar appliances, electric kettles, induction cookers, microwave ovens (HS code(s): 8418); (ICS code(s): 27.010)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: National Standard of the P.R.C., Maximum allowable values of the energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades for household and similar kitchen appliances; (32 page(s), in Chinese)

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Description of content: This document specifies the energy efficiency levels, minimum allowable values of energy efficiency, and test methods for household and similar kitchen appliances.

This document applies to the following types of household and similar kitchen appliances:

——Electric rice cookers that operate under normal pressure and are heated by electric heating elements or electromagnetic induction, with a rated power not exceeding 2000W;

——Electric pressure cookers with the ability to automatically control working pressure, heated by electric heating elements or electromagnetic induction methods, with a rated power not exceeding 2000W, a rated volume not exceeding 10L, and a rated cooking pressure of 40kPa-140kPa (gauge pressure);

——Electric stewing pots and similar appliances operating under normal pressure, with a rated voltage not exceeding 250V, a rated power not exceeding 2000W, and a rated volume not exceeding 10L;

——Electric kettles with a rated voltage not exceeding 250V AC and capable of pouring water from the spout by holding the handle and tilting the kettle body;

——Induction cookers with one or more heating units, each with a rated power of 700W to 3500W;

——Microwave ovens with a maximum rated input power of 2500W and below, utilizing electromagnetic energy in the ISM frequency band of 2450MHz, and heating items and food inside the oven by resistive electric heating elements, including combination type microwave ovens.

This document does not apply to the following types of kitchen appliances:

——Commercial induction cookers, power frequency induction cookers, and concave stoves;

——Commercial microwave ovens, industrial microwave ovens, and microwave ovens with range hoods.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Energy conservation

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Relevant documents:

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: 12 months after approval

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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:

WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China

Tel：+86 10 57954633/ 57954627

E_mail: tbt@customs.gov.cn