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Household or laundry-type washing machines – China

Official title

National Standard of the P.R.C., The Maximum Allowable Values of the EnergyCWater Consumption and Grades for Household Electric Washing Machinesi8 pages, in Chinesej

China issued an addendum on 23 April 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/CHN/941. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 8 January 2013. The comment period closed on 9 March 2013.

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At a glance

Products

Household electric washing machines; ICS: 27.010 HS: 8450

HS codes
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 8450 Household or laundry-type washing machines, incl. machines which both wash and dry; parts thereof
Notifying member
China
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CHN/941Latest notice: G/TBT/N/CHN/941/Add.1

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 9 March 2013
Proposed adoption
90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat
Proposed entry into force
6 months after adoption

How to comment

The comment period closed on 9 March 2013. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CHN/941/Add.1; it can take them up with China.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/CHN/941/Add.1⁩, 23 April 2026)

Amendment No.1 of GB 12021.4-2013 The Maximum Allowable Values Of The Energy, Water Consumption And Grades For Household Electric Washing Machines

The document updates the version number of GB/T4288 in Chapter 2 'Normative References' to GB/T4288-2018, and revises the version numbers of the cited standards in Chapter 5 correspondingly.

Article 4.2 of this standard is mandatory, the rest ones are recommended. The mandatory contents are the maximum allowable values of energy efficiency and water consumption for household electric washing machines

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/CHN/941/Add.1

    Amendment No.1 of GB 12021.4-2013 The Maximum Allowable Values Of The Energy, Water Consumption And Grades For Household Electric Washing Machines

    The document updates the version number of GB/T4288 in Chapter 2 'Normative References' to GB/T4288-2018, and revises the version numbers of the cited standards in Chapter 5 correspondingly.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/CHN/941

    Comment deadline: Closed on 9 March 2013

    National Standard of the P.R.C., The Maximum Allowable Values of the EnergyCWater Consumption and Grades for Household Electric Washing Machinesi8 pages, in Chinesej

    Article 4.2 of this standard is mandatory, the rest ones are recommended. The mandatory contents are the maximum allowable values of energy efficiency and water consumption for household electric washing machines

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

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