G/TBT/N/SGP/56/Add.2  
 
8 April 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  7 April 2022, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Singapore . 
 
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Title:  Subsidiary Legislations under the Environment Protection Management Act for the restriction 
in supply of prescribed RAC equipment  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 31 March 2022  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 31 March 2022  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 1 October 2022  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
Environmental Protection and Management (Greenhouse Gases) Regulations 2022:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/SGP/final_measure/22_2685_00_
e.pdf 
 
Environmental Protection and Management (Prescribed Regulated Goods) Order 2022:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/SGP/final_measure/22_2685_01_
e.pdf 
 
Environmental Protection and Management (Regulated Goods and Regist ered Suppliers) 
Regulations 2022:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/SGP/final_measure/22_2685_02_
e.pdf 
 
Environmental Protection and Management  (Regulated Goods – Exemption) Order 2022:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/SGP/final_measure/22_2685_03_
e.pdf 
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/SGP/56/Add.2  
 
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  [ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  This addendum to the WTO notification G/TBT/N/SGP/56 seeks to inform Members 
that the notified documents, the Subsidiary Legislations (SLs) under the Environmental Protection 
and Management Act, as listed in the table below, have been finalise d. The SLs stipulate that there 
will be a supply restriction of specified refrigeration and air -conditioning ("RAC") equipment using 
refrigerants with high Global Warming Potential ("GWP") values. The intent and requirements of the 
proposed restriction rem ain the same as previously notified in G/TBT/N/SGP/56. More information 
on the requirements can be found in the circular here. 
 
S/N Name of SL  Summary  of Contents  
1 Environmental 
Protection and 
Management  
(Greenhouse 
Gases) 
Regulations 
2022  • Defines the controlled substances with reference to the Fifth 
Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change (“IPCC AR 5”) . 
 
2 Environmental 
Protection and 
Management  
(Prescribed 
Regulated 
Goods) Order 
2022 
 • Specifies the RAC equipment, namely commercial water -cooled 
chillers, household air-conditioners and household refrigerators, 
that will be regulated from 1 Oct 2022 onwards . 
• Provides a transitional period for the industry to adapt to the 
supply restriction requirements:  
 
Regulated RAC 
Equipment  Transitional Period  
Electrically driven 
water -cooled chillers 
with a cooling 
capacity of 1,055kW 
or more  Water -cooled chillers will not be regulated, and 
suppliers will be allowed to supply them if:  
 
(a) The chiller was imported into or 
manufactured in Singapore before 1 Oct 
2022, and is supplied between 1 Oct 2022 
and 30 Sep 2023 (both dates inclusive);  
 
(b) The chiller is supplied pursuant to an 
agreement entered into before 1 Oct 2022 
and is not a substitute chiller; or  
 
(c) The chiller is supplied pursuant to a 
warranty in the agreem ent under which a 
chiller mentioned in (a) or (b) is supplied, 
as a replacement of the same brand and 
model as that  chiller.  
Single -phase non -
ducted room air -
conditioner (split 
type (inverter)) with 
cooling capacity of 
17.6 kW or lower, 
that is not a single -
phase variable 
refrigerant flow 
(VRF) air conditioner  
 
Single -phase non -
ducted room air -
conditioner (split 
type (non -inverter)) 
with cooling capacity 
of 17.6 kW or lower  
 Household air -conditioners and/or household 
refrigerators will not be regulate d, and 
suppliers will be allowed to supply them if:  
 
(a) The air -conditioner and/or refrigerator 
was imported into or manufactured in 
Singapore before 1 Oct 2022, and is 
supplied between 1 Oct 2022 and 30 Sep 
2023 (both dates inclusive);  
 
(b) The air -conditioner a nd/or refrigerator is 
supplied pursuant to an agreement 
entered into before 31 Mar 2022; or  
 
(c) The air -conditioner and/or refrigerator is 
supplied between 1 Oct 2022 and 30 Sep 
2023 (both dates inclusive) pursuant to an G/TBT/N/SGP/56/Add.2  
 
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  Single -phase 
refrigerator with an 
adjusted volume of 
up to 900 litres   agreement entered into on or after 31 Mar 
2022, but before 1 Oct 2022 . 
 
3 Environmental 
Protection and 
Management  
(Regulated 
Goods and 
Registered 
Suppliers) 
Regulations 
2022 • Specifies registration requirements (including fees imposed) for 
suppliers and the regulated RAC equipment.  
• Lays out the prevailing test standard or method applicable to the 
regulated RAC equipme nt. 
• Stipulates that the r efrigerants used in regulated RAC equipment 
must not exceed the following GWP limits:  
 
Regulated RAC Equipment  Global Warming Potential  
Electrically driven water -cooled 
chillers with a cooling capacity of 
1,055kW or more  15 
Single -phase non -ducted room 
air-conditioner (split type 
(inverter)) with cooling capacity 
of 17.6 kW or lower, that is not a 
single -phase variable refrigerant 
flow (VRF) air conditioner  750 
Single -phase non -ducted room 
air-conditioner (split type (non-
inverter)) with cooling capacity of 
17.6 kW or lower  750 
Single -phase refrigerator with an 
adjusted volume of up to 900 
litres 15 
 
4 Environmental 
Protection and 
Management  
(Regulated 
Goods — 
Exemption) 
Order 2022  • Exempt s Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerants and other 
substances that are covered under the Montreal Protocol.  
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