WTO notification · TBT
United KingdomProposed measure, open for comments
Official title
The Measuring Instruments (Display Requirements) (Amendment and Consequential) Regulations 2026
The United Kingdom notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 14 September 2026. Comments are open until 13 November 2026.
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Static converters; Boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 V; Instruments or apparatus for measuring or checking variables of liquids or gases, n.e.s. (HS code(s)
Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 13 November 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/GBR/126 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to the United Kingdom.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)This instrument amends the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 (MIR) as they apply in Great Britain (GB) to permit the use of a metrologically controlled remote display, such as a smartphone app. This will offer an alternative option to the existing requirement for an in-built physical display for active electrical energy meters (AEEMs) within certain Energy Smart Appliances (ESAs). ESAs include devices such as Electric Vehicle (EV) charge points and heat pumps.
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