COMPULSORY SPECIFICATION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS OF GENERAL SERVICE LAMPS (GSLs) - VC 9109
South Africa
Lamps
Mandatory
Minimum Performance Standard
New
2023
June 2024
Electricity
Energy Conservation (Regulated Goods and Registered Suppliers) Regulations 2017
Singapore*
Televisions, Clothes Dryers, Non-Directional lamps
, Directional Lamps, Fluorescent and HID Lighting, 3-Phase Motors, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Refrigerators-Freezers + - 5 More
Mandatory
Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard
Entered into force, Revised
October 2022
Electricity
MELS for General Lighting
Singapore*
Tubular Lamps, Non-Directional lamps
Mandatory
Comparative Label
Revised
2015
2019
December 2023
Electricity
MELS for General Lighting (2024)
Singapore*
Tubular Lamps, Non-Directional lamps
Mandatory
Comparative Label
Entered into force, Revised
2015
2024
September 2025
Electricity
MEPS for General Lighting
Singapore*
Lighting, Lamps, Tubular Lamps
, Non-Directional lamps, HD lamps and retrofits + - 2 More
Mandatory
Minimum Performance Standard
Revised
2015
2019
December 2023
Electricity
MEPS for General Lighting (2024)
Singapore*
Tubular Lamps, Non-Directional lamps
Mandatory
Minimum Performance Standard
Revised
2015
2024
September 2025
Electricity
Singapore Green Labeling Scheme: CFLs
Singapore*
Non-Directional lamps, Directional Lamps
Voluntary
Endorsement Label
Entered into force, New
2012
January 2016
Electricity
Singapore Green Labelling Scheme: LEDs
Singapore*
Streetlighting, Non-Directional lamps, Directional Lamps
Voluntary
Endorsement Label
Entered into force, Revised
2012
2017
November 2020
Electricity
VC 8043 Incandescent Lamps
South Africa
Non-Directional lamps
Mandatory
Minimum Performance Standard
Entered into force, Revised
2010
2014
September 2022
Electricity
VC 9091 Fluorescent Lamps
South Africa
Tubular Lamps
Mandatory
Minimum Performance Standard
Entered into force, Revised
2012
2014
September 2022
Electricity