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WTO notification · TBT

AustraliaProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Kitchen equipment, Laundry appliances

Official title

WaterMark Certification Scheme - WMTS-101:2025 Appliances and commercial catering equipment

Australia notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 8 October 2025. The comment period closed on 7 December 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Appliances and commercial catering equipment

Notifying member
Australia
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 8 October 2025. Check WTO ePing or Australia for its current status.
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
  • Quality requirements
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/AUS/186
ICS classification
  • 97.040.40 Dishwashers
  • 97.060 Laundry appliances
  • 97.180 Miscellaneous domestic and commercial equipment

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 7 December 2025
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The comment period closed on 7 December 2025. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/AUS/186; it can take them up with Australia.

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What the notification says

This Technical Specification sets out minimum product requirements for appliances and commercial catering equipment connected to the water service and/or sanitary plumbing piping. The 2025 version supersedes the 2021 version. This Technical Specification covers the following applications: Commercial clothes washing machines; Commercial dish washing machines; Non-portable dispensing units, or portable dispensing units (i.e. hand held) with an end of line backflow prevention device, not intended to directly supply drinking water, considered a low risk of back siphonage, connected to the water service and/or sanitary plumbing/drainage system. Steam generators for the warming of a steam room to a bathing temperature. This may include a sauna. Humidifiers not intended to directly supply Humidifier drinking water, considered a low risk of back siphonage, connected to the water service and/or sanitary plumbing/drainage system. Appliance to deliver tempered water to a receptacle for foot washing and/or hydromassage. Appliances used for the preparation, cooking, and holding food. The Plumbing Code of Australia (PCA) requires that most products intended for use in plumbing and drainage installations in or around buildings to be evaluated and certified to WaterMark product specifications. WaterMark certification to an applicable product specification provides a process to evaluate and authorise products to enable their use in a plumbing and drainage installation. Thus ensuring that…

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