Exporting air conditioners to Tunisia: draft R-410A ban from 2027
Tunisian authorities have drafted a decree to ban, from 1 January 2027, the local manufacture and import of residential split-type air conditioners using R-410A refrigerant, extending to certain chilled-water dispensers and domestic refrigerators/freezers using other HFC gases.
- Affected products
- Residential split air conditioners using R-410A; chilled-water dispensers, domestic refrigerators and freezers using the targeted high-GWP HFCs
- Required action
- Draft decree, not yet in the JORT: it would ban import and local manufacture of the covered equipment from 1 Jan 2027, moving split ACs to lower-GWP refrigerants such as R-32. Installed units need not be replaced.
- Published
- 2026-09-19
- Source
- Tunisia's National Ozone Unit (ANPE), World Ozone Day 2026 publication hosted by UNEP
- Last verified
- 16 Oct 2026
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