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SingaporeProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Machinery and mechanical appliances

Official title

Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2026

Singapore notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 7 April 2026. The comment period closed on 6 June 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Single-phase non-ducted room air-conditioners, portable unitary single duct air-conditioner with cooling capacity of 12 kW or lower, three-phase variable refrigerant flow (VRF) air-conditioner HS: 8415:10.90 HS: 8415.10.20 HS: 8415.10.30 Single-phase refrigerators and combined refrigerator-freezers

HS codes
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 8415 Air conditioning machines comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, incl. those machines in which the humidity…
    • 8418 Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps; parts thereof (excl. air conditioning machines of…
    • 841911 Instantaneous gas water heaters (excl. boilers or water heaters for central heating)
    • 842112 Centrifugal clothes-dryers
  • 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
    • 850152 AC motors, multi-phase, of an output > 750 W but <= 75 kW
    • 850153 AC motors, multi-phase, of an output > 75 kW
    • 851610 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters
    • 8528 Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast…
Notifying member
Singapore
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 7 April 2026. Check WTO ePing or Singapore for its current status.
Objectives
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/SGP/77
Keywords
Labelling

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 6 June 2026
Proposed adoption
April to June 2026
Proposed entry into force
July 2026

How to comment

The comment period closed on 6 June 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/SGP/77; it can take them up with Singapore.

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What the notification says

Singapore's Mandatory Energy Labelling Scheme (MELS) and Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) are policies that aim to raise the average energy efficiency of common, energy intensive regulated goods in Singapore. Under the Energy Conservation Act, suppliers, retailers, importers and manufacturers are required to ensure that Regulated Goods that are supplied in Singapore comply with MEPS and MELS requirements. The proposed amendment to the ECA will extend MEPS and MELS requirements to cover Regulated Goods that are imported for own use by end users (i.e. not bought from local suppliers or retailers). The list of Regulated Goods are: (a) Air-conditioners (b) Single-phase refrigerators (c) Clothes dryers (d) Single-phase televisions (with in-built tv tuner) (e) Water Heaters (f) Motors (g) Commercial storage refrigerators

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

All updates from Singapore

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