G/TBT/N/SGP/21  
 
25 April 2014  
(14-2540)  Page: 1/2  
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-conditioner
1; 
(ii) 17.6kW or lower, in the case of split type air-conditioner2 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. 
1Casement or window type air-conditioner re fers to an assembly of components of a 
refrigeration system fixed on a common  mounting to form a single  unit. 
2Split 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 refrigerator namely 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 with one or more freezer compartment with an adjusted 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; - Four-star Freezer Compartment/Section Type: K = 1.79; G/TBT/N/SGP/21 
 
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  - Three-star Freezer Compartment/Section Type: K = 1.79; 
- Two-star Freezer Compartment/Section Type: K = 1.57; - One-star 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. 
HS 8451 10xx, HS 8451 21xx: Single-phase clothes dryer namely an assembly consisting 
of a rotating drum in which textile material is dried by tumbling; and a heating device 
which electrically heats the air used for drying the textile material in the rotating drum. 
Single-phase clothes dryer having a rated capacity of up to 10 kilograms.  
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation (Energy Labelling and Minimum Performance Standards) Regulations 2013 
(in English). This document is available online at http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/  
6. Description of content:  All air-conditioners, refrigerators and clothes dryers under the 
product scope in Section 4 above must be registered, labelled with Energy Labels to provide information on their levels of energy efficiency (EE) and meet prescribed 
minimum energy efficiency standards if they are to be supplied in Singapore. 
From 1 September 2014, all registrable air-conditioners, refrigerators and clothes dryers 
must be labelled with new Energy Labels that show rescaled energy ratings and estimated annual energy cost information so that consumers can better differentiate the 
more energy efficient products and consider the life-cycle ownership cost in their 
purchase decisions. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  For the purpose to promote energy cons ervation, improve energy efficiency 
and reduce environmental impact. 
The EE rating system will be rescaled to provide adequate EE differentiation of appliance 
models and to better reflect the improvements in the EE of appliances in today’s market. Concurrently, the Energy Labels will also be revised with a new and improved design that 
displays estimated annual energy cost information. 
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 2014 
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, #19-00 Environment Building Singapore 228231 
Tel.:  (65) 6731-9386 (DID) 
Fax:  (65) 6734-6951 Email:  long_lian_ming@nea.gov.sg