Attachment

United Kingdom

Agreement

between the Government of the United States of America and the European Union on the coordination of energy-efficiency labelling programs for office equipment

The Government of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter 'the Parties';

DESIRING to maximise energy savings and environmental benefits by stimulating the supply of and demand for energy efficient products;

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Community on the Coordination of Energy-Efficient Labelling Programs for Office Equipment, done on 20 December 2006, and its annexes, as amended (hereinafter "the 2006 Agreement");

SATISFIED by the progress made under the 2006 Agreement;

CONVINCED that additional benefits will be achieved by continuing mutual efforts on ENERGY STAR;

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Done at Brussels this tenth day of December in the year two thousand and twelve and at Washington, this eighteenth day of January in the year two thousand and thirteen, in two originals.

Pursuant to EU law, this Agreement shall also be drawn up by the EU in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages.

For the European Union

For the Government of the United States of America