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Policy	Country	Product Types	Policy Approach	Policy Instrument	Policy Status	Adopted	Revised	Updated by CLASP	Fuel Types
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2016 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of refrigerating appliances	United Kingdom	Wine Chillers, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only	Mandatory	Comparative Label	Entered into force, New	2019		October 2023	Electricity
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2016 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of refrigerating appliances	European Union	Wine Chillers, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only	Mandatory	Comparative Label	Entered into force, New	2019		September 2023	Electricity
Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2019 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for refrigerating appliances pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EC)	European Union	Wine Chillers, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only	Mandatory	Minimum Performance Standard	Entered into force, New	2019		September 2023	Electricity
Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2016 (SOR/2016-311)	Canada	Audio-Visual, Televisions, Displays, Battery Chargers, External Power Supply, Dehumidifiers, Ovens, Microwaves, Dishwashers, Cooktops or Hobs, Clothes Dryers, Washer and Dryers, Washing Machines, Indoor Luminaires, Specialty Luminaires, Specialty Lamps, Non-Directional lamps, Fluorescent and HID Lighting, 3-Phase Motors, 1-Phase Motors, Ventilation, Ceiling Fans, Space Heating, Heat Pumps, Boilers and Furnaces, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Portable ACs, Packaged Terminals, Chillers - Cooler Towers, Central ACs, Instantaneous Water Heaters, Storage Water Heaters, Pump Systems, Power Transformers, Distribution Transformers, Wine Chillers, Walk-In Coolers and Freezers, Refrigerators-Freezers, Refrigerated Vending Machines, Ice Machines, Freezers-only+-38 More	Mandatory	Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard	Entered into force, Revised	2016	2019	October 2022	Electricity, Gas, Oil
ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers Version 4.0	Canada, United States of America*	Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only	Voluntary	Endorsement Label	Entered into force, Revised	2001	2013	June 2021	Electricity
ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Residential Refrigerators and Freezers Version 5.0	Canada, United States of America*	Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only	Voluntary	Endorsement Label	Entered into force, Revised	2001	2014	June 2021	Electricity
GOST 16317-87 Household electrical refrigerating appliances - General specifications	Russia	Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only	Voluntary	Minimum Performance Standard	Entered into force, Revised	1987	1988	August 2018	Electricity
GOST R 51565-2012 Energy efficiency - Household refrigeration appliances and similar - Indicators of energy efficiency and determination methods	Russia	Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only	Voluntary	Comparative Label	Entered into force, Revised	2011	2014	August 2018	Electricity
Ministry of Industry and Trade Decree N 769	Russia	Imaging Equipment, Televisions, Displays, Ovens, Microwaves, Dishwashers, Washer and Dryers, Non-Directional lamps, Elevators, Boilers and Furnaces, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Instantaneous Water Heaters, Storage Water Heaters, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only+-12 More	Voluntary	Comparative Label	Entered into force, New	2012		August 2018	Electricity, Gas
Nordic Ecolabel 003 White Goods	Sweden	Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only	Voluntary	Endorsement Label	Entered into force, New	2014		October 2015	Electricity
Regulation on Energy Efficiency Requirements for Mass-Produced Systems, Vehicles, and Appliances	Switzerland	Computers, Servers, Networking Equipment, Stand-by and networked devices, Televisions, Set Top Boxes (STB), Displays, External Power Supply, Vacuum Cleaners, Ovens, Dishwashers, Cooktops or Hobs, Coffee Machines, Clothes Dryers, Washer and Dryers, Washing Machines, Tubular Lamps, Non-Directional lamps, Directional Lamps, Indoor Luminaires, 3-Phase Motors, Industrial Fans, Heat Pumps, Boilers and Furnaces, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Storage Water Heaters, Building Circulator Pumps, Pumps Other, Power Transformers, Refrigerated Cabinets, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only+-29 More	Mandatory	Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard	Entered into force, Revised	2017	2021	February 2021	Electricity, Other Solid Fuel
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No 702 of 7 August 2013: On approval of technical regulations on energy labelling	Ukraine	Washer and Dryers, Washing Machines, Wine Chillers, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only+-2 More	Voluntary	Comparative Label	Entered into force, New	2014		October 2015	Electricity
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No.702: On the approval of the Technical Regulation on energy labelling	Ukraine	Washing Machines, Wine Chillers, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only+-1 More	Mandatory	Comparative Label	Entered into force, Revised	2008	2013	November 2019	Electricity
The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information Regulations 2021: Refrigerating Appliances	United Kingdom	Wine Chillers, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only	Mandatory	Minimum Performance Standard	Entered into force, New	2021		October 2023	Electricity