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Policy	Country	Product Types	Policy Approach	Policy Instrument	Policy Status	Adopted	Revised	Updated by CLASP	Fuel Types
10 CFR 430—Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products	United States of America*	Electronics, Uninterruptable Power Supply, Battery Chargers, External Power Supply, Dehumidifiers, Air Cleaners, 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, Distribution Transformers, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only+-27 More	Mandatory	Minimum Performance Standard	Entered into force, Revised	1990	2016	December 2024	Electricity, Gas
Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/424 of 15 March 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for servers and data storage products	United Kingdom	Computers, Servers	Mandatory	Minimum Performance Standard	Entered into force, New	2014	2019	October 2023	Electricity
Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/424 of 15 March 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for servers and data storage products	United Kingdom	Computers, Servers	Mandatory	Minimum Performance Standard	Entered into force, Revised	2014	2019	October 2023	Electricity
Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/424 of 15 March 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for servers and data storage products	European Union	Computers, Servers	Mandatory	Minimum Performance Standard	Entered into force, Revised	2014	2019	September 2023	Electricity
CQC31-452421-2011. CQC Mark Certification - Server	China	Servers	Voluntary	Endorsement Label	Entered into force, Revised	2011	2011	June 2021	Electricity
CQC31-541205-2018. Energy Efficiency Certification Rules for Data Center	China	Servers	Voluntary	Endorsement Label	Entered into force, New	2018		May 2021	Electricity
Decision No. 14/2023/QD-TTg: Lists of Low-Efficiency Equipment Subject to Elimination and Low-Efficiency Generating Sets Banned from Development and Application Roadmaps	Vietnam*	Computers, Imaging Equipment, Televisions, Displays, Induction Cookstoves or Hobs, Rice Cookers, Electric Kettles, Cooktops or Hobs, Washing Machines, Indoor Luminaires, Streetlighting, Tubular Lamps, Non-Directional lamps, Fluorescent and HID Lighting, 3-Phase Motors, Ceiling Fans, Portable Fans, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Storage Water Heaters, Distribution Transformers, Refrigerated Cabinets, Refrigerators-Freezers, Freezers-only+-20 More	Mandatory	Comparative Label, Endorsement Label	Entered into force, Revised	2011	2023	January 2024	Electricity
Der Blaue Engel - Energy Efficient Data Center Operation (DE-UZ 161)	Germany	Servers	Voluntary	Endorsement Label	Entered into force, New	2019		January 2020	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 Computer Servers Version 3.0	Canada, United States of America*, Japan	Servers	Voluntary	Endorsement Label	Entered into force, Revised	2013	2020	June 2021	Electricity
ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Data Center Storage Version 2.0	Canada, United States of America*	Servers	Voluntary	Endorsement Label	Entered into force, Revised	2009	2018	June 2021	Electricity
High Energy Performance Label for Tile Roof	Thailand	Building Materials, Roof Materials and Coatings	Voluntary	Comparative Label	Entered into force, New	2022		April 2022	Other
Inmetro Ordinance No. 382 of 17 September 2021	Brazil	Distribution Transformers	Mandatory	Comparative Label	Entered into force, Revised	2010	2021	September 2022	Electricity
Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Distribution Transformers (MEPS)	Botswana	Distribution Transformers	Voluntary	Minimum Performance Standard	Under development			September 2022	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
Standard NOM-002-SEDE/ENER-2014 - Distribution Transformers	Mexico	Distribution Transformers	Mandatory	Minimum Performance Standard	Entered into force, Revised	1997	2014	December 2023	Electricity
Turkish Official Gazette No 28648 \| Environmentally Friendly Design Requirements for Servers and Data Storage Products (2019/424/EU) (SGM:2021/15)	Turkey	Servers	Voluntary	Minimum Performance Standard	Entered into force, New	2021		December 2023	Electricity