We are pleased to announce that the SADCSTAN Executive Committee approved the Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) for Lighting at the end of April 2021 as a regional Harmonised Text with reference SADC HT 109:2021.

As the Energy Efficient Lighting and Appliances (EELA) project entered into year 3 (June 2021 – May 2022) one of the major focus areas is to provide technical assistance to the Member States in the national standards adoption and implementation processes.

To this end the EELA project has developed the REGIONAL COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORK whose goal is  to enable Member States effectively implement regionally harmonized energy efficiency policy measures and protect EAC and SADC markets from non-compliant and low-quality products.

Attached is the draft Regional Compliance Framework for your review and comments. We would appreciate receiving your inputs by 31 August 2021 to energy@sacreee.org and copy to  lkelpsaite@clasp.ngo.