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Energy Certification Programme for Domestic Appliances

Tunisia has put in place an energy certification programme for household electrical equipment. This programme aims to introduce mandatory energy certification for appliances, in order to inform buyers of the appliances’ energy performance. Equipment included in this programme comprise:

  • Refrigerators, freezers and combination fridge-freezers
  • Individual air conditioning units (air conditioners)
  • Hot water production and storage devices
  • Light-bulbs and light fixtures
  • Washing machines, tumble dryers and combined washer-dryers
  • Dish-washers
  • Ovens
  • Irons
  • Audio-visual devices

Following the introduction of the energy certification requirement, the programme envisages in a second stage the gradual elimination of energy inefficient equipment from the market.

The energy performance system for household appliances consists of eight energy classes, ranging from that of the most energy-inefficient products (class 8) to that of the most energy-efficient products (class 1).

The household appliances currently affected by this programme are refrigerators and air conditioners. The different stages of this programme are:

Refrigerators
Air Conditioners
  1. Establishment of a test laboratory in September 2002.
  2. Performing a pilot test programme of around sixty appliances at CETIME between September 2002 and January 2004.
  3. Establishment of a legal framework regulating the energy certification of household appliances:
    • Article 8 of Law 2004-72 on energy management.
    • Decree on the mandatory energy certification of household electrical appliances (2004).Mandatory energy certification requirement for refrigerators (2004).
  4. Organization of a training programme for regional inspectors from the Ministry of Commerce in 2004.
  5. Ban on the marketing of the following energy class refrigerators:
    • (8) and (7) from July 2006.
    • (6) and (5) from July 2007.
    • (4) from April 2009.
  6. Replacement of 400,000 old refrigerators by class 1 and 2 refrigerators (in progress).
  1. Establishment of a legal framework regulating the energy certification of household electrical appliances:
    • Article 8 of Law 2004-72 on energy management.
    • Decree on mandatory energy certification of household electrical appliances (2004).
  2. Establishment of a test laboratory in June 2008.
  3. Carrying out a pilot test programme of around fifty devices at CETIME between June and December 2008.
  4. Energy certification requirement for air conditioners (2009).
  5. From May 2009, obligation for publicly owned enterprises to purchase air conditioners between energy classes 1 and 4.
  6. Ban on the marketing of air conditioners of the following energy classes:
    • (8), (7) and (6) from January 2010.
    • (5) from January 2011.
    • (4) from January 2012.

 

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