WTO notification · TBT
United KingdomProposed measure, may since have been adopted
Official title
The Energy Smart Appliances (ESA) Regulations 2026
The United Kingdom notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 4 December 2025. The comment period closed on 2 February 2026.
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8418.61 - Heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading 84.15 85.04 Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors 85.06 - Primary cells and batteries 85.07 - Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including
The comment period closed on 2 February 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/GBR/111; it can take them up with the United Kingdom.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)This is a formal notice of the UK’s intention to lay regulations under the Energy Act 2023 (s.239-244). The regulations introduce a smart mandate for relevant electrical heating appliances. The regulations will also revoke The Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Point) regulations 2021 and incorporate, with some planned amendments, existing electric vehicle smart charge points requirements (including the smart mandate). The regulations also impose minimum functionality, cyber, and grid stability requirements on in-scope energy smart appliances (EVSCPs, electrical heating appliances, and smart battery energy storage systems). This includes complying with all the requirements imposed on Class B active electrical energy meters for use for trade by The Measuring Instrument Regulations 2016 which includes a conformity assessment procedure. The policy objective of mandating MIR Class B compliance is to ensure better value for consumers by ensuring they can use their ESAs to participate in the highest value forms of CLF, increasing the uptake of CLF and thus helping achieve the Government’s clean power by 2030 ambition. The regulations will be laid in Parliament in Q2 2026 and most provisions will enter into force in January 2028 to give industry sufficient time to adapt. Some EVSCP provisions, on incremental technical and functionality changes to The Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021 requirements, will enter into force after 6 months. The requirements in the…
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