Exporting lighting fixtures to Kuwait: new draft safety rules
Kuwait's Public Authority for Industry notified the WTO of three draft technical regulations: luminaires under GSO IEC 60598-1:2025 (/775, notified 6 October 2026); general safety requirements for light-source controlgear under GSO IEC 61347-1:2025 (/781, notified 7 October); and electronic LED controlgear under GSO…
- Affected products
- Luminaires and controlgear for electric light sources, incl. general and LED-specific controlgear
- Required action
- Comments: luminaires (/775), 5 December 2026; general and LED controlgear (/781, /782), 6 December 2026. Proposed adoption: 30 days after each deadline; proposed entry into force: one year after adoption.
- Published
- 2026-10-06
- Source
- Kuwait PAI, KOWSMD, via WTO: G/TBT/N/KWT/775 (6 October 2026), GSO IEC 60598-1:2025; /781 (7 October), GSO IEC 61347-1:2025; /782 (7 October), GSO IEC 61347-2-13:2025
- Last verified
- 18 Oct 2026
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