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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Efficiency Policy for Deep Freezers | India | Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | 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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Mandatory Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme (MEELS) | Hong Kong SAR of China | Televisions, Dehumidifiers, Induction Cookstoves or Hobs, Clothes Dryers, Washing Machines, Non-Directional lamps, Directional Lamps, Room ACs - Stationary ACs, Storage Water Heaters, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted, Revised | 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, refrigerator-freezers and freezers | Qatar | Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | Electricity | |||
MEPS for Freezers | Republic of Korea | Freezers-only | 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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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.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, 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 | |||
RTS 97.02.01:15 Energy efficiency. Self-contained commericial refrigeration equipment. Limits, test methods and labelling requirements | El Salvador | Refrigerated Cabinets, Freezers-only | Mandatory | Comparative Label, Minimum Performance Standard | Entered into force, Adopted | 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 |
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