WTO notification · TBT
KuwaitProposed measure, open for comments
Official title
Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear – Part 2: Circuit-breakers
Kuwait notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 7 October 2026. Comments are open until 6 December 2026.
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All products fall under scope of ' Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear – Part 2: Circuit-breakers '
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 6 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/KWT/779 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Kuwait.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)This document applies to circuit-breakers, intended to be installed and operated by instructed or skilled persons, the main contacts of which are intended to be connected to circuits, the rated voltage of which does not exceed 1 000 V AC or 1 500 V DC; it also contains additional requirements for integrally fused circuit-breakers. This document also applies to circuit-breakers with ratings at or below 1 000 V AC, additionally having one or more ratings above 1 000 V AC but not exceeding 1 500 V AC. It applies whatever the rated currents, the method of construction or the proposed applications of the circuit-breakers may be. Circuit-breakers per this document are suitable for isolation. The requirements for circuit-breakers which are also intended to provide residual current protection are contained in Annex B. Additional requirements for circuit-breakers intended for connection of aluminium conductors are contained in Annex D. The additional requirements for circuit-breakers with electronic overcurrent protection are contained in Annex F. The additional requirements for circuit-breakers for IT systems are contained in Annex H. The requirements and test methods for electromagnetic compatibility of circuit-breakers are contained in Annex J. The requirements for circuit-breakers not fulfilling the requirements for overcurrent protection are contained in Annex L. The requirements for modular residual current devices (without integral current breaking device) are contained in…
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