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(...) From 1 July 2022, the former Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) has been renamed to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). The only change is the name of the department and DAFF remains the Australian Government competent authority responsible for the inspection and certification, where applicable, of Australian agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, food and forestry product exports and imports. This notification is made in parallel to G/SPS/N/AUS/541 advising the change of name to the SPS Committee. It is also in addition to G/SPS/N/AUS/540 regarding changes to horticulture and grain products export certification to reflect the department's name change. As provided for in the abovementioned notification, updated certificates will be released during July 2022. There will be a short transition period where old and new certificates may be presented to border officials for clearance of goods.

This Standard forms a basis for the rating and labelling of a range of products under the mandatory Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (WELS) scheme, as required by the Australian Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 (Cth) (the WELS Act) and, in New Zealand, the Consumer Information Standards (Water Efficiency) Regulations.

The Australian Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) is undertaking a public consultation process on potential improvements to Australia's domestic organic regulatory framework. (...) One of the regulatory options identified in the document is the introduction of a mandatory domestic organics standard which would apply to products sold as organic in Australia, including imports. The exact nature of regulation as it applies to imports would be advised at a later date (...)

UAE Technical regulations for controlling the quantity of the product in pre-packaged packages: This regulation applies to prepacked products which have fixed or variable nominal quantity, prepared for direct sale purposes in United Arab Emirates markets, using unit of weights, volume, length, area, or number, including manufactured and imported prepacked products. (...)

UAE Technical Regulation for The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (NAWI): The provisions of this technical regulation shall apply to NAWI, for use for any of the following purposes:
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5. any other Weighing instruments it used to determination of price on the basis of mass for the purposes of direct sales to the public and the making up of pre-packages or their result will affect the health of public or environment

UAE Technical Regulation for Energy-Efficient for Electric Motors: This regulation applies to all three Phase single-speed electric induction motors that are manufactured in or imported into the country, and are sold either as standalone equipment or as a component of a motor-driven unit, with 2, 4, 6 and 8 poles, rated output power from 0.75 kW to 375 kW (i.e. 1 HP to 500 HP) with rated voltage of 50 Volts and above, up to and including 1,000 Volts, with a rated frequency of 50 Hz. Which are designed to operate in any ambient temperature within the range of -30°C to + 60 °C.; and at any altitude up to 4000 m above mean sea level. Motors which are rated for both fixed speed operation and variable speed operation, are within the scope of this regulation, but shall bear the IE efficiency class for fixed speed operation only. The regulation applies to induction motors with squirrel-cage rotors as well as with wound- rotors.

UAE Technical Regulation for Labeling – Energy Efficiency Label for Electrical Appliances. Part 10 : Cooking Appliances: This Regulation establishes requirements for the labelling and the provision of supplementary product information for domestic electric and gas ovens (including when incorporated into cookers) and it also covers domestic electric and/or gas hobs. (...)

UAE Technical Regulation for Labeling – Energy Efficiency Label for Electrical Appliances Part 9: Vacuum Cleaners: This technical regulation applies to household electric mains-operated vacuum cleaners, including hybrid vacuum cleaners. (...) The purpose of this regulation is to define the energy consumption of household vacuum cleaners and methods of measurement for them.

UAE Technical Regulation for Labeling – Energy Efficiency Label for Electrical Appliances
Part 4: Electric Storage Water Heaters: This technical regulation concerned with the requirements for electric storage water heaters for household and similar purposes and intended for heating water below boiling temperature, their rated capacity being not more than 500 liters.

The purpose is to completely remove the portable luminaires appliance type from the Appliance Efficiency Regulations as the existing performance standards have become redundant. The original energy saving goals of the performance standards are now accomplished though more recent regulations regarding other lighting products ("state-regulated LED and small diameter directional lamps" and "general service lamps"). The lighting market has transformed in such a way that all lighting products installed in portable luminaires being sold or offered for sale in California are energy efficient even without the portable luminaires regulations in place.