Notice No. 1826

24 May 2023

GG 48652

Department of Trade, Industry and Competition

I, Ebrahim Patel, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, hereby under Section 13(1) of the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications Act (Act 5 of 2008), withdraw the compulsory specification for single-capped fluorescent lamps (VC 9091) and the compulsory specification for incandescent lamps (VC 8043), and replace them with the compulsory specification for energy efficiency and functional performance requirements of general services lamps as set out in the attached schedule. These requirements should be read together with those of the compulsory specification for safety requirements of general service lamps (VC 9101).  The compulsory specification for safety requirements of general service lamps shall be effective twelve (12) months after the publication of this notice.

Ebrahim Patel

Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition

Date: 23 May 2023