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Household electrical equipment: safety classification and applicable standards
Mains-powered equipment designed or marketed for household, personal or similar use in participating EESS jurisdictions. Solely industrial equipment and extra-low-voltage products require a separate scope assessment.
AU · Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012; product-specific determinations
Energy-regulated products: GEMS determinations
Only product classes covered by a GEMS determination: examples include refrigerators, air conditioners, displays, external power supplies, lamps, motors, transformers and pool pumps.
Water efficiency: taps, showers and other WELS products
Specified taps, personal-bathing showers, toilets, urinals, separately supplied flow controllers, household dishwashers and clothes washers. Exclusions depend on the product; bidet, bath-only and thermostatic taps are not automatically included.
AU · WaterMark Certification Scheme; NCC Plumbing Code A5G4
Plumbing suitability and lead-free WaterMark requirements
Plumbing and drainage products listed in the WaterMark Schedule, subject to the actual state/territory installation rules. Drinking-water-contact products have an additional lead-free scope.
AU · Consumer Goods (Care Labelling) Information Standard 2023
Care information for regulated clothing and textiles
Covered clothing, household textiles, upholstered furnishings, bedding and other specified textile goods. Bags/cases and most footwear are excluded, as are several other expressly listed goods.
AU · Consumer Goods (Infant Sleep Products) Safety Standard 2024 and Information Standard 2024
Infant sleep products: 2026 safety and information rules
Infant sleep products and the separately defined inclined non-sleep products. A bouncer or rocker marketed for play is not assessed through the same scope as an infant bed.
AU · Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code: Standard 1.1.1 and Standard 3.2.2 clause 9
Food-contact packaging: intended-use safety
Packaging materials and articles intended to contact food, assessed for their food type, temperature, duration and reuse conditions. Chapter 3 food-business duties apply in Australia.
AU · Applicable state/territory WHS plant law; plant registration provisions
Industrial plant: design and item registration
Industrial machinery, pressure equipment, lifting and other plant subject to the local work health and safety regime; registration applies only to specified designs/items.
AU · Industrial Chemicals Act 2019; AICIS introduction requirements
Industrial chemicals in coatings, adhesives and cleaning products
Imported or manufactured industrial chemicals, including ingredients of coatings, adhesives, printing and cleaning products. A finished article needs an article/release assessment rather than automatic treatment as a chemical mixture.
Applicability depends on the product classification, intended use, configuration and actual sales territory. Manufacturing, placing-on-the-market and testing dates, together with transition provisions, are checked as required by each applicable rule. The directory identifies sources; it does not replace assessment of the specific model. Standards are identified by reference, and their authoritative texts remain with the issuing bodies. Official source documents retain their original language.