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The Draft of the Technical Regulations provides the establishment of restriction for the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment such as: household equipment; computer and telecommunications equipment; household appliances; lighting equipment; toys, leisure and sports equipment; automatic dispensers; monitoring and control instruments.

The Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Approval of the Technical Regulation to energy labelling of vacuum clean ers" (5 pages, in Ukrainian)

The Technical Regulation for the energy labelling of vacuum clean ers, which corresponds Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 665/2013 of 3 May 2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 with regard to energy labelling of vacuum clean ers. This Draft of the Technical Regulation defines the requirements for submission of information to consumers on the level to energy efficiency of vacuum clean ers.

The Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Approval of the Technical Regulation for the energy labelling of air conditioners"

The Technical Regulation for the energy labelling of air conditioners, which corresponds Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 626/2011 of 4 May 2011 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of air conditioners. This Draft of Technical Regulation defines the requirements for submission of information to consumers on the level to energy efficiency of air conditioning.

The Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Approval of the Technical Regulation of simple pressure vessels" (45 pages, in Ukrainian)

The Draft of the Technical Regulation provides the establishment of requirements for safety, designing, production, conformity assessment, labelling and putting into circulation of simple pressure vessels.

The requirements of this Technical Regulation does not apply to:
• vessels specifically designed for use in the field of nuclear technology, damage of which can lead to escape of radioactivity
• vessels specifically designed for installation on water and aerial vehicles, or put them in motion
• fire extinguishers

Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps (106 pages, in English)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to revise its test procedures for central air conditioners and heat pumps (CAC/HP) established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. DOE published several proposals in a November 2015 supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR) . DOE finalized some of the proposed test procedure amendments in a June 2016 final rule. This SNOPR proposes additional revisions to some of the amendments proposed in the past notices and proposes some additional amendments. Specifically, this SNOPR proposes two sets of amendments to the test procedure: Amendments to appendix M that would be required as the basis for making efficiency representations starting 180 days after final rule publication; and amendments as part of a new appendix M1 that would be the basis for making efficiency representations as of the compliance date for any amended energy conservation standards.

Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Integrated Light-Emitting Diode Lamps (6 pages, in English)

On 1 July 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a final rule adopting a test procedure for integrated light-emitting diode (LED) lamps (hereafter referred to as "LED lamps") to support the implementation of labeling provisions by the Federal Trade Commission, as well as the ongoing general service lamps rulemaking, which includes LED lamps. This notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) proposes to amend the LED lamps test procedure by allowing for time to failure measurements to be taken at elevated temperatures.

Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Ceiling Fans (73 pages, in English)

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including ceiling fans. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically determine whether more-stringent, amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would save a significant amount of energy . In this notice, DOE proposes amended energy conservation standards for ceiling fans, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

Energy Conservation Program: Certification and Enforcement – Import Data Collection (18 pages, in English)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing a requirement that a person importing into the United States any covered product or equipment subject to an applicable energy conservation standard provide, prior to importation, a certification of admissibility to the DOE for the covered product or equipment. The certification would be submitted to DOE through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) .

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone : Revisions to Reporting and Recordkeeping for Imports and Exports (2 pages, in English)

EPA is proposing to make minor conforming edits to the stratospheric protection regulations to implement the International Trade Data System. In the "Rules and Regulations" section of this Federal Register, we are making these edits as a direct final rule without a prior proposed rule. If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action on this proposed rule. This system allows businesses to transmit the transactional data required by multiple Federal agencies for the import and export of cargo through a single " wind ow." As businesses currently must submit trade data to multiple agencies, in multiple ways, and often on paper, the transition to electronic filing is expected to save businesses time and money. Specifically, this rulemaking would remove the requirement that the petition for used ozone -depleting substances accompany the shipment through U.S. Customs and remove references to Customs forms that are obsolete under the new system.

Certification Procedures for Vapor Recovery Systems (5 pages, in English)

Adopts new performance standards and specifications for nozzles used at non-retail GDFs that have been excluded by the air districts from Phase II vapor recovery, because they fuel a fleet of newer vehicles that process gasoline vapors on-board the vehicles (on-board refueling vapor recovery or ORVR) . Allows for the continued use of pre-Enhanced Vapor Recovery Phase I systems on certain above ground storage tanks until the end of the useful life of those systems, thereby improving cost-effectiveness while achieving emission reductions in areas where they are most needed.