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WTO notification · TBT

SingaporeProposed measure, open for comments

Machinery and mechanical appliances; Vehicles

Official title

Proposed Environmental Protection and Management (Prescribed Regulated Goods) (Amendment) Order 2026 (8 pages, in English); Proposed Environmental Protection and Management (Regulated Goods and Registered Suppliers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (9 pages, in English); Proposed Environmental Protection and Management (Suppliers of Regulated Motor Vehicles — Exemption) Order 2026 (2 pages, in English)

Singapore notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 30 October 2026. Comments are open until 29 December 2026.

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Products

Centralised commercial refrigeration systems HS 8418.69 Applicable only to centralised commercial refrigeration systems, including multipack compressor rack systems and semi-plug-in water-loop systems, typically used in food retail outlets such as supermarkets. Motor Vehicle (passenger cars/taxis an

HS codes
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 841869 Refrigerating or freezing equipment (excl. refrigerating and freezing furniture)
All 20 codes
  • 87 · Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
    • 870321 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only spark-ignition…
    • 870322 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of 1.000 cm³ but <= 1.500 cm³ (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other…
    • 870323 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of 1.500 cm³ but <= 3.000 cm³ (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other…
    • 870324 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of 3.000 cm³ (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed…
    • 870331 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only diesel engine of a…
    • 870332 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of 1.500 cm³ but <= 2.500 cm³ (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other…
    • 870333 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of 2.500 cm³ (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed…
    • 870340 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with both spark-ignition…
    • 870350 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with both diesel engine and…
    • 870360 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with both spark-ignition…
    • 870370 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with both diesel engine and…
    • 870380 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only electric motor for…
    • 870390 Motor cars and other vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with engines other than internal…
    • 870421 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine 'diesel or semi-diesel', of a gross vehicle weight…
    • 870431 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, of a gross vehicle weight <= 5 t (excl. dumpers for…
    • 870441 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with both compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine 'diesel or semi-diesel' and electric motor as…
    • 870451 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, of a gross…
    • 870460 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with only electric motor as motor for propulsion (excl. dumpers for off-highway use of subheading 8704.10, special…
    • 870490 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with engines other than internal combustion piston engine or electric motor (excl. dumpers for off-highway use of…
Notifying member
Singapore
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/SGP/79

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 29 December 2026
Proposed adoption
Estimated December 2026
Proposed entry into force
1 July 2027 for GWP limit for refrigerant use in centralised commercial refrigeration systems 1 July 2028 for GWP limit for refrigerant use (passenger cabin air-conditioning systems) in Motor Vehicles

How to comment

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 29 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/SGP/79 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Singapore.

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What the notification says

To reduce GHG emissions from the use of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) refrigerants in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning (RAC) sector, NEA will introduce limits on the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of refrigerants to restrict the import and supply of equipment using refrigerants with high GWP. Since 2022, NEA has imposed GWP limits for household air-conditioners, refrigerators and water-cooled chillers used for large building cooling systems. The Environmental Protection and Management (Prescribed Regulated Goods) Order 2022 and Environmental Protection and Management (Regulated Goods and Registered Suppliers) Regulation 2022 will be amended to: Introduce GWP limit of 150 for refrigerants used in centralised commercial refrigeration systems, with effect from 1 July 2027. Introduce GWP limit of 150 for refrigerants used in passenger cabin air-conditioning systems in Motor Vehicles (i.e. passenger cars/taxis and light goods vehicles), with effect from 1 July 2028. The GWP limits apply only to newly supplied equipment. Details of the restrictions are available on NEA’s website at:

Sources

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