March Whitegoods Officials sought stakeholder views on linking future MEPS Industry agreed that officials present E3 a Agreed by all parties 2013 Forum refrigerators consensus that refrigeration products to have both for and freezers to future MEPS changes within (cont.) regulation should be linked to US government and the US. developments in the future industry representation Stakeholders sought more opportunities to input to future RIS processes Participants sought commitment from officials to have Australian representation at IEC refrigerator committee meetings by experts from our region Various technical issues were discussed Submissions requested sufficient formal April Invitation for Submissions requested to support verbal positions from notice regarding regulatory changes – 2013 formal Whitegoods Forum. project milestones and project planning stakeholder Three industry stakeholder submissions received: considered important so that industry can submissions Electrolux Home Appliances Australia securely make large investments required to Fisher and Paykel Appliances meet new MEPS levels Australian Industry Group (AIG) Government requested to provide adequate resources to support proposed labelling transition – including adequate communication and marketing Cautious but not opposed to adoption of testing standard IEC62552 Supportive of a more realistic energy value on label Technical input received Technical Issues raised humidity testing analysis labelling algorithm Australia submitted positive votes plus 74 May 2013 IEC released draft Draft voting open for three months written comments refrigerator test Comments and votes closed on 16 August 2013 method for voting
March 2013 (cont.) Whitegoods Forum Officials sought stakeholder views on linking future MEPS for refrigerators and freezers to future MEPS changes within the US. Industry agreed that officials present E3 a consensus that refrigeration products regulation should be linked to US developments in the future Stakeholders sought more opportunities to input to future RIS processes Participants sought commitment from officials to have Australian representation at IEC refrigerator committee meetings by experts from our region Various technical issues were discussed Agreed by all parties to have both government and industry representation April 2013 Invitation for formal stakeholder submissions Submissions requested to support verbal positions from Whitegoods Forum. Three industry stakeholder submissions received: Electrolux Home Appliances Australia Fisher and Paykel Appliances Australian Industry Group (AIG) Submissions requested sufficient formal notice regarding regulatory changes – project milestones and project planning considered important so that industry can securely make large investments required to meet new MEPS levels Government requested to provide adequate resources to support proposed labelling transition – including adequate communication and marketing Cautious but not opposed to adoption of testing standard IEC62552 Supportive of a more realistic energy value on label Technical input received Technical Issues raised humidity testing analysis labelling algorithm May 2013 IEC released draft refrigerator test method for voting Draft voting open for three months Comments and votes closed on 16 August 2013 Australia submitted positive votes plus 74 written comments
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