Policy | Country | Product Types | Policy Approach | Policy Instrument | Policy Status | Adopted | Revised | Updated by CLASP | Fuel Types |
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10 CFR 430—Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products | United States of America* | Uninterruptable Power Supply, Battery Chargers, External Power Supply, Dehumidifiers, Ovens, Microwaves, Dishwashers, Clothes Dryers, Washing Machines, Tubular Lamps, Non-Directional lamps, Directional Lamps, Fluorescent and HID Lighting, Ceiling Fans, Duct Fans, Heat Pumps, Boilers and Furnaces, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Central ACs, Pool Heaters, Instantaneous Water Heaters, Storage Water Heaters, Showers or Showerheads, Urinals, Taps or Faucets, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity, Gas | |||
10 CFR 431—Energy Efficiency Program For Certain Commercial And Industrial Equipment | United States of America* | Washing Machines, Streetlighting, Air Compressors, 3-Phase Motors, 1-Phase Motors, Heat Pumps, Boilers and Furnaces, Portable ACs, Packaged Terminals, Central ACs, Instantaneous Water Heaters, Storage Water Heaters, Pump Systems, Pool Pumps, Power Transformers, Walk-In Coolers and Freezers, Refrigerators-Freezers, Refrigerated Vending Machines, Ice Machines, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
3794/2018 Energy efficiency of household and similar electrical appliances - measurement and calculation methods for energy consumption of refrigerrators, refrigerator-freezers and freezers | Egypt | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
AS/NZS 4474.2:2009: Performance of household electrical appliances—Refrigerating appliances—Energy labelling and minimum energy performance standard requirements | New Zealand | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
BDS 1849:2012 | Bangladesh | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
BRESL report | Pakistan | Refrigerators-Freezers | Voluntary | Comparative Label, Endorsement Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Under development | Electricity | |||
CARICOM Regional Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme | CARICOM | Non-Directional lamps, Directional Lamps, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Refrigerators-Freezers | Voluntary | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Under development | 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, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Consumer Protection -Approved Standards for Restricted Electrical Products- Regulations 2016 | Solomon Islands | Tubular Lamps, Non-Directional lamps, Directional Lamps, Fluorescent and HID Lighting, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Central ACs, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Consumer Protection Act 2001 (Section 30) Minimum Energy Performance Standards and Labelling - MEPSL - Regulations 2016 | Kiribati | Tubular Lamps, Non-Directional lamps, Directional Lamps, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Central ACs, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Voluntary | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Under development | Electricity | |||
Department Circular No. DC 2020-06-0016 | Philippines | Lighting, Tubular Lamps, Non-Directional lamps, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
DKS 2464-2:2020 Performance of household electrical Appliances — Refrigerating appliances; Part 2: Minimum energy performance standard requirements | Kenya | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
ECOSTAND 071-1:2017EE: Minimum Energy Performance Standards Part 1: Refrigerating products | ECOWAS | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Energy Amendment Act 2012 | Cook Islands | Tubular Lamps, Non-Directional lamps, Directional Lamps, Fluorescent and HID Lighting, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Central ACs, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Voluntary | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Under development | 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 | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
Energy Efficiency of Electrical Appliances, Equipment and Lighting Products Act No. 24 of 2016 | Vanuatu | Tubular Lamps, Non-Directional lamps, Fluorescent and HID Lighting, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Central ACs, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Voluntary | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Energy Efficiency Policy for Direct Cool Refrigerator | India | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
Energy Efficiency Policy for Frost-Free Refrigerators | India | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | 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 | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity, Gas, Oil | |||
Energy Resources Regulations-Energy Efficiency and Energy Information of Cooling Appliances-5744-2004/SI 721 | Israel | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
FDNIS ECOSTAND 071-1:2017EE: Minimum Energy Performance Standards Part 1: Refrigerating products | ECOWAS | Wine Chillers, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
GB 12021.2-2015 The maximum allowable values of the energy consumption and energy efficiency grade for household refrigerators | China | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
GOST 16317-87 Household electrical refrigerating appliances - General specifications | Russia | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Voluntary | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019 | Australia | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Guide on Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Refrigerator | Malaysia | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
Implementing Guidelines of the Philippine Energy Labeling Program for Air Conditioners | Philippines | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Implementing Guidelines of the Philippine Energy Labeling Program for Refrigerating Appliances | Philippines | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
INTE E10-1 2015 | Costa Rica | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
INTE E11-1 2015 | Costa Rica | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
ISIR 14577, 1st Edition, Household refrigerating appliances - Determination of Criteria for energy consumption and energy labeling instructions | Iran | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
Joint Resolution No. 031 and 089, 2013 | Venezuela | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
JS 2102:2013 Technical Regulation on eco-design requirements for household refrigerating appliances | Jordan | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
JS178:2016: Jamaican Standard Specification for Determination of energy consumption and other performance characteristics of household refrigerators, freezers, wine chillers and refrigerator-freezers | Jamaica | Wine Chillers, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
L.I 2441 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling) (Refrigerating Appliances) Regulations,2022 | Ghana | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
L.I. 1958 Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling - Household Refrigerating Appliances | Ghana | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Law 2004-72 and Decree 2004-2145; Amended by Law 2009-07 | Tunisia | Air Conditioning, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
Law 2004-72 and Decree 2004-2145; Amended by Law 2009-07 | Tunisia | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
MEPS and Labeling Scheme for Refrigerators | Namibia | Refrigerators-Freezers | Voluntary | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
MEPS and labeling schemes for freezers and refrigerators | Seychelles | Freezers-only, Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Under development | Electricity | |||
MEPS and labeling schemes for refrigerators | Dominican Republic | Refrigerators-Freezers | Voluntary | Minimum Performance Standard | Under development | Electricity | |||
MEPS and labeling schemes for refrigerators | Guatemala | Refrigerators-Freezers | Voluntary | Minimum Performance Standard | Under development | Electricity | |||
MEPS and labeling schemes for refrigerators | Guyana | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Under development | Electricity | |||
MEPS and labeling schemes for refrigerators | Oman | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Under development | Electricity | |||
MEPS and labeling schemes for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers and freezers | Qatar | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
MEPS for Commercial Refrigerators | Republic of Korea | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
MEPS for Refrigerator | Republic of Korea | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
MEPS for refrigerators | Honduras | Refrigerators-Freezers | Voluntary | Minimum Performance Standard | Under development | Electricity | |||
MEPS for Refrigerators | Singapore* | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
MEPS for refrigerators, freezers and combined equipment | Algeria | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Minimum Energy Performance Standard and Energy Savings Label for Energy-Consuming Appliance Refrigerator | Indonesia | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Refrigerator/Freezer | Taiwan of China | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
Minimum Equipment Energy Performance Standards | Tajikistan | Non-Directional lamps, Directional Lamps, Boilers and Furnaces, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Refrigerators-Freezers | Voluntary | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Regulation No. 14 of 2021 on Application of Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Energy Consuming Appliances | Indonesia | Rice Cookers, Lamps, Portable Fans, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Ministerial Regulations Prescribing High Efficiency Refrigerators, B.E. 2552 (2009) | Thailand | Refrigerators-Freezers | Voluntary | High Energy Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
MME/MCTI/MDIC Ordinance No. 1 of 14 May 2018 | Brazil | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
MS: 201:2012 Energy efficiency and labelling requirement-Household refrigerating appliances | Mauritius | Wine Chillers, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Policy 2023 | Pakistan | Tubular Lamps, Non-Directional lamps, Directional Lamps, Space Heating and Space Cooling, Portable Fans, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Refrigerators-Freezers | Not applicable | Comparative Label, Endorsement Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity, Gas, LPG | |||
NOM-015-ENER-2018 | Mexico | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
NTON 10 010-08 Self-contained commercial refrigeration equipment | Nicaragua | Refrigerated Cabinets, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
NTON 10 013-08 Energy efficiency. Household refrigerators and freezers. Limits | Nicaragua | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Refrigerator MEPS | Taiwan of China | Refrigerators-Freezers | Voluntary | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
Refrigerators-Freezers - Taiwan | Taiwan of China | Refrigerators-Freezers | Voluntary | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | 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 | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity, Other Solid Fuel | |||
Regulations under Consumer Protection Act 2015 | Tonga | Tubular Lamps, Non-Directional lamps, Directional Lamps, Fluorescent and HID Lighting, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Central ACs, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Voluntary | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Under development | Electricity | |||
Resolution Ex SCIyM No. 319|99 | Argentina | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
Resolution No. 136/09 on Technical regulation of energy efficiency in electrical equipment, revised in 2013 | Cuba | Ceiling Fans, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
Resolution No. 74 - Minimum Efficiency Standard for Domestic Refrigerators | Chile | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Resolution No.31: refrigerators, freezers, refrigerator-freezers | Panama | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
RTE INEN 035 /2009 RTE INEN 009/2005 | Ecuador | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
RTE INEN 035|2009; RTE INEN 009|2005 | Ecuador | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
RTS 97.01.01:15 Energy efficiency. Household refrigerators and freezers. Limits, test methods and labelling requirements | El Salvador | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Rwanda MEPS for Refrigerators | Rwanda | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Under development | Electricity | |||
SASO 2892:2018 MEPS and labeling schemes for refrigerating appliances | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
SLNS 94: 2016 Energy Efficiency Labelling – Refrigerators | Saint Lucia | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
SLS 1690 Minimum Energy Performance for Household Refrigerators | Sri Lanka | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Standard NOM-015-ENER-2012 - Domestic Refrigerators and Freezers | Mexico | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
Standard NOM-022-ENER/SCFI-2014 - Commercial Refrigeration | Mexico | Refrigerated Cabinets, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | Electricity | |||
TCVN 7828:2016 Refrigerator, refrigerator-freezer, and freezer - energy efficiency | Vietnam* | Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | 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, Adopted | Electricity | |||
TIS 2186-2547 Thai Industrial Standard for Household Refrigerators | Thailand | Refrigerators-Freezers | Mandatory | Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity |
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