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United KingdomProposed measure, may since have been adopted

The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products

Official title

The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products (Local Space Heaters and Separate Related Controls) Regulations 2026

The United Kingdom notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 27 March 2026. The comment period closed on 26 May 2026.

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At a glance

Products

HS Codes; 732181 - Stoves, heaters, grates, fires, wash boilers, braziers and similar appliances, of iron or steel, for gas fuel or for both gas and other fuels (excl. cooking appliances, whether or not with oven, separate ovens, plate warmers, central heating boilers. 732182 - Stoves, heaters, grat

HS codes
  • 73 · Iron or steel articles
    • 732181 Stoves, heaters, grates, fires, wash boilers, braziers and similar appliances, of iron or steel, for gas fuel or for both gas and other fuels (excl. cooking…
    • 732182 Stoves, heaters, grates, fires, wash boilers, braziers and similar appliances, of iron or steel, for liquid fuel (excl. cooking appliances, whether or not…
    • 732189 Stoves, heaters, grates, fires, wash boilers, braziers and similar domestic appliances, of iron or steel, for solid fuel or other non-electricsource of energy…
    • 732190 Parts of domestic appliances non-electrically heated of heading 7321, n.e.s.
    • 732290 Air heaters and hot-air distributors, incl. distributors which can also distribute fresh or conditioned air, non-electrically heated, incorporating a…
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 841911 Instantaneous gas water heaters (excl. boilers or water heaters for central heating)
    • 841919 Instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric (excl. instantaneous gas water heaters, solar water heaters and boilers or water heaters for central…
All 10 codes
  • 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles
    • 851610 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters
    • 851621 Electric storage heating radiators, for space-heating
    • 851629 Electric space-heating and soil-heating apparatus (excl. storage heating radiators)
Notifying member
United Kingdom
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 27 March 2026. Check WTO ePing or the United Kingdom for its current status.
Objectives
  • Protection of the environment
  • Cost saving and productivity enhancement
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/GBR/115

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 26 May 2026
Proposed adoption
Late 2026 (to be confirmed)
Proposed entry into force
To be confirmed 2027

How to comment

The comment period closed on 26 May 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/115; it can take them up with the United Kingdom.

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What the notification says

Transparency Notice, to alert Members to a UK Government consultation regarding proposals to update and improve ecodesign for local space heaters in Great Britain. The aim of these proposals are to increase the efficiency of local space heater products, thereby reducing both carbon emissions and consumer bills.

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