Law 2009-07
From July 2006 onwards, the lowest two energy classes (7 and 8) have been banned from the Tunisian market, followed in July 2007 with the banning of classes 5 and 6, from April 2009 class 4 has been likewise banned from the Tunisian market
Law 2004-72 and Decree 2004-2145; Amended by Law 2009-07
Law 2004-72 and Decree 2004-2145; Amended by Law 2009-07
Since September 2004, Tunisian law requires the display of an EU-style energy label for refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers (with eight classes, the top one representing the recently added EU A+ and A++ classes) in a bilingual version (French and Arabic, and the numbers 1-8 indicating classes instead of letters). From January 2010 onwards, the lowest three energy classes (6,7 and 8) have been banned from the Tunisian market, followed in January 2011 7 with the banning of classes 5 and January 2012 class 4 has been likewise banned from the Tunisian market.
Directive 2010-30-EU
A tax is applied on the lamps to be introduced in January 2017, lamps containing mercury, in order to finance a program for the collection and recycling of used lamps in cooperation with ANGED.