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Ref : EIC 111/2
27 March 2012
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 234/2012
US : Inadmissibility of Consumer Products and Industrial Equipment Noncompliant with Applicable Energy Conservation or Labelling Standards: Proposed Rulemaking
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of Homeland Security and Department of the Treasury published in the Federal Register (FR) of 26 March 2012 a notice of proposed rulemaking to provide that if certain imports do not comply with applicable energy conservation or labelling standards, CBP will refuse admission when so notified by the US Department of Energy (DoE) or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Interested parties may submit comments on the proposed rule by 25 May 2012. The FR notice is available at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-26/pdf/2012-7105.pdf.
DETAILS
2. Under the proposed rule, CBP will refuse admission into the US customs territory to consumer products and industrial equipment deemed noncompliant with the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 and its implementing regulations, and for which CBP has received relevant notice from the DoE or FTC.
ENQUIRIES
4.For enquiries concerning this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5682.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Cindy LAU)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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