October became an extremely dramatic month with the outbreak of a tragic war in the Middle East with uncertain consequences both regionally and internationally. IEC’s big General Meeting, which last year took place in San Francisco, USA, was this year organized to take place in Cairo, Egypt, from 22 October to 1 November with some 1000 delegates from the national committees of IECs 89 member countries and 85 affiliate countries. Due to the perceived uncertainty in the region, many national committees decided to withdraw from participating, which made the IEC Board to cancel the physical meetings in Cario, only a week ahead. Instead, it was made a digital virtual event, (as was also the case during the pandemic in 2021). The cancellation led to unexpected challenges for the IEC and the many registered delegates, both practically and financially, but of course most of all for the Egyptian hosts. However, this is clearly insignificant in relation to the human suffering and political challenges caused by the conflict situation in the region. This came in addition to the ongoing difficult situation Ukraine, which is in fact also concerned about energy efficiency of electronic products, as can be seen from the second article below.
During the virtual IEC General Meeting sessions, the undersigned editor took, amongst other, part as member in the meeting of the IEC CAB (Conformity Assessment Board) and in the Affiliate Countries Forum. The highlights of these events will be reported in the next issue of this newsletter.
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Ukraine plans harmonizing with European energy labeling of displays.
Not to mention the many other major challenges Ukraine is presently facing, there are major energy security challenges as a result of ongoing geopolitical and financial crises. Improving energy efficiency across the economy could strengthen energy security by decreasing the country’s dependency on fossil fuel imports, reducing pressure on public budgets, and bring other cost reductions and benefits for the residents.
Taiwan updated lists of regulated electrical and electronic products.
In Taiwan,BSMIis the authority responsible for standardization, metrology, and product inspection. Both imported and domestically manufactured products must comply with the inspection requirements before being placed on the market. Inspection of commodities depends on the product type and as per one of the following schemes: -Batch-by-batch inspection (TABI), -Registration of product certification (RPC), -Monitoring inspection (MI), -Declaration of Conformity (DoC).
The Ghana Energy Commission issued in January this year Public Notice PN054012023 with Enactment of new Regulations on Electrical Appliances and Renewable Energy Products, which announced 19 regulations concerning Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling. These Regulations are in force from 2 November this year to regulate the markets for electrical appliances and renewable energy products, such as washing machines, fans, air inverters conditioners, water heaters, rice cookers, solar panels, inverters, computers, set-top boxes, and TVs.
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