Argentina - Technical Regulation that Establishes Requirements and Essential Characteristics for the Energy Efficiency Labeling of new Products or Devices that Require the use of Some Energy Source

The notified Resolution approves the Technical Regulation that establishes the requirements and essential characteristics for the energy efficiency labeling to which all new products or devices that require the use of some energy source for their operation or whose use has an impact on their consumption must comply, in order to be marketed in  Argentina. 

This is a reorganization and update of the current regime with the aim of establishing a regulatory simplification, improving the information provided to consumers, establishing a homogeneous scale for all energy efficiency labels, setting criteria for re-scaling energy efficiency classes, and simplifying and expediting the conformity assessment procedure. 

The Resolution will come into effect the day after its publication in the Official Gazette. 

A deadline is granted until March 5, 2026, by which manufacturers and importers must ensure that all equipment placed on the market has the energy efficiency label in accordance with the provisions of this measure.

Furthermore, it is established that from March 5, 2028, the wholesale and retail marketing of products whose labels do not comply with the provisions of Annex I and the specific regulations approved in Article 9 of this measure must cease.