G/TBT/N/SGP/16  
 
1 May 2013  
(13-2299)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  SINGAPORE  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  National Environment Agency 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
HS: 8415 10xx: Single-phase non-ducted room air-conditioner namely an encased 
assembly or assemblies of one or more evaporators, compressors and condensers, designed to be used together as a permanently-installed piece of equipment to provide 
conditioned air to any enclosed space.  It includes a prime source of refrigeration for 
cooling and dehumidification and may include other means for dehumidifying, circulating and cleaning the air in the enclosed space.  It includes one or more evaporators, 
compressors and condensers.  Such equipment may be provided in more than one 
assembly, the separate assemblies of which are intended to be used together. 
Single-phase non-ducted air-conditioner having a total cooling capacity of: 
(i) 8.8kW or lower, in the case of casement or window type air-conditioner1; 
(ii) 17.6kW or lower, in the case of split type air-conditioner
2 employing technologies 
 that control the output of the compressor by start-stop operation; or 
(iii) 17.6kW or lower, in the case of split type air-conditioner2 employing technologies 
 that vary the output of the compressor, by means other than start-stop operation. 
1. Casement or window type air-conditioner refers to a factory assembly of 
 components of a refrigeration system fixed on a common mounting to form a single 
 unit. 
2. Split type air-conditioner refers to an assembly of components of a refrigeration 
system fixed on 2 or more mountings to form a matched functional unit. 
HS: 8418 1010, 8418 2100: Single-phase re frigerator namely a self-contained an 
assembly consisting of a thermally insulated cabinet for the storage and preservation of foodstuff above 0°C (32ºF) and a refrigerating unit operating on the vapour compression principle and arranged to extract heat from within the cabinet, whether or not one or more 
freezer compartment with an adjust ed volume of up  to 900 litres. 
The adjusted volume of the single-phase refrigerator, means the sum of the adjusted 
volumes of the compartments or sections of the refrigerator, where the adjusted volume of 
a compartment or section is the product of the rated volume of that compartment or 
section and the corresponding volume correction factor (K) indicated below: 
- Fresh Food Compartment/Section Type: K = 1.00; G/TBT/N/SGP/16 
 
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  - Freezer Compartment/Section Type: K = 1.79; 
- Freezer Compartment/Section Type: K = 1.79; - Freezer Compartment/Section Type: K = 1.57; 
- Freezer Compartment/Section Type: K = 1.36; 
- Chill Compartment/Section Type: K = 1.13; - Cellar Compartment/Section Type: K = 0.75. 
The compartment/section types are defined in accordance with Section 3.3 of the standard 
ISO 15502:2005 of the International Organization for Standardization. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
i The Environmental Protection and Management Act (in English), available online at: 
 http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/  
ii The Environmental Protection and Management (Registrable Goods) Order 
 (2 pages, in English) 
iii The Environmental Protection and Management (Energy Conservation) Regulations 
 (8 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  The existing Environmental Protection and Management Act, 
Environmental Protection and Management (Registrable Goods) Order and Environmental 
Protection and Management (Energy Conservation) Regulations will be amended to i) 
extend the scope of registrable air-conditioners; and ii) to raise minimum energy efficiency standards for registrable air-conditioners and refrigerators supplied in Singapore from 1 September 2013.  
The existing legislation will be ported over to Energy Conservation Act from 
1 September 2013. 
Single-phase non-ducted split type of air-conditioner employing technologies that vary the 
output of the compressor, by means other than start-stop operation, and with cooling 
capacity 10kW or lower are registrable goods. 
From 1 September 2013 onwards, air-conditioners of this category up to a cooling capacity 
of 17.6kW will be registrable. 
From 1 Sep 2013 onwards, all registrable air-conditioners and refrigerators supplied in 
Singapore must comply with new minimum energy efficiency standards specified below: 
(i) For casement and window type air-conditioners, the Coefficient Of Performance 
(COP) ≥2.90. 
(ii) For split type (non-inverter) air-conditioners with one indoor unit (cooling capacity 
less than 10kW), the COP ≥ 3.34. 
(iii) For split type (non-inverter) air-conditioners with one indoor unit (cooling capacity 
equal to or more than 10kW), the COP ≥ 2.78. 
(iv) For split type (non-inverter) air-conditioners with more than one indoor unit (cooling 
 capacity less than 10kW), the COP ≥ 3.34. 
(v) For split type (non-inverter) air-conditioners with more than one indoor unit (cooling 
 capacity equal to or more than 10kW), the COP ≥ 2.64. 
(vi) For split type (inverter) air conditioners with one indoor unit (cooling capacity less 
 than 10kW), the COP ≥ 3.06 and weighted COP
3 ≥ 3.34. 
(vii) For split type (inverter) air conditioners with one indoor unit (cooling capacity equal 
 to or more than 10kW), the weighted COP3 ≥ 2.78. 
(viii) For split type (inverter) air-conditioner with more than one indoor unit (cooling 
 capacity less than 10kW), the COP ≥ 3.06 and weighted COP3 ≥ 3.34. 
(ix) For split type (inverter) air-conditioner with more than one indoor unit (cooling G/TBT/N/SGP/16 
 
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   capacity equal to or more than 10kW), the weighted COP3 ≥ 2.64. 
(x) For refrigerator without freezer, the Annual Energy Consumption in kWh (AEC) 
 ≤ (368 + 0.892 x Vadj tot) x 0.640. 
(xi) For refrigerator with freezer, the AEC ≤ (465 + 1.378 x Vadj tot) x 0.585. 
(xii) For refrigerator with freezer and through-the-door ice dispenser, the AEC ≤ (585 + 
 1.378 x Vadj tot) x 0.560. 
3 Weighted COP means the sum of 0.4 x COP at full-load cooling capacity and 0.6 x COP at 
part-load cooling capacity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  For the purposes of environmental protection & conservation. Rationale: Air-
conditioners and refrigerators that are not energy-efficient consume more energy to operate and lead to higher emissions of greenhouse gases. 
8. Relevant documents:   Notice will be published in the Republic of Singapore's 
Government Gazette when adopted. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    Notice will be published prior to the date of 
entry into force 
1 September 2013 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
Mr Long Lian Ming 
Senior Manager, Energy Efficiency & Conservation Department 
40 Scotts Road, #11-00 Environment Building Singapore 228231 
Tel.:  (65) 6731-9386 (DID) 
Fax:  (65) 6734-6951 Email:  long_lian_ming@nea.gov.sg