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                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 244/2009
                                                    of 18 March 2009
             implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to
                               ecodesign requirements for non-directional household lamps
                                                (Text with EEA relevance)




          THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,     electronic equipment     household lamps
          Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European     The setting of energy efficiency requirements for lamps
                                               subject to this Regulation will lead to a decrease of the  21 The requirements contained in this measure allow
          Having regard to Directive 2005/32/EC of the European     overall mercury emissions.     halogen lamps of socket G9 and R7s to remain on the
          Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a             market for a limited period of time, recognising the need
          framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for  10 Article 10(1)(d) of the Directive 2002/96/EC of the     to service the existing luminaire stock, to prevent undue
          energy-using products and amending Council     European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January     costs on consumers and to give time to manufacturers to
          Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/     2003 on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment     develop luminaires dedicated to more efficient lighting
          EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Article     should be fully implemented to ensure minimising the  technologies.
          15(1) thereof, After consulting the Ecodesign Consultation      potential risks for the environment and for human health
          Forum,                               in case of accidental breakage of compact fluorescent  22 The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
                                               lamps or at their end of life.     accordance with the opinion of the Committee established
          Whereas:                                                                by Article 19(1) of Directive 2005/32/EC,
                                            11 Improvements of electricity consumption of products
                                               subject to this Regulation should be achieved by  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
          1  Under Directive 2005/32/EC ecodesign requirements     applying exising non-proprietary cost effective
             shall be set by the Commission for energy using     technologies, which lead to a reduction of the combined
             products representing significant volumes of sales and                         Article 1
             trades, having significant environmental impact and     expenses for purchasing and operating the equipment.  Subject matter and scope
             presenting significant potential for improvement in  12 Ecodesign requirements for products subject to this
             terms of their environmental impact without entailing     Regulation should be set with a view to improving the  This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the
             excessive costs.                                                  placing on the market of non-directional household lamps,
                                               environmental performance of the products affected,
                                               contributing to the functioning of the internal market  including when they are marketed for non-household use or
          2   Article 16(2) first indent of Directive 2005/32/EC               when they are integrated into other products. It also
             provides that in accordance with the procedure referred       and to the Community objective of reducing energy  establishes
                                              consumption by 20 % in 2020 compared with the
             to in Article 19(3) and the criteria set out in     assumed energy consumption in that year if no  product information requirements for special purpose lamps.
             Article 15(2),and after consulting the Ecodesign         measures are implemented.  The requirements set out in this Regulation shall not apply to
             Consultation Forum, the Commission shall as appropriate           the following household and special purpose lamps:
             introduce an implementing measure on domestic
             lighting products.             13 This Regulation should increase the market penetration  (a) lamps having the following chromaticity coordinates
                                               of energy efficient products subject to this Regulation,
                                               leading to estimated energy savings of 39 TWh in  x and y:
          3   The Commission has carried out a preparatory study     2020, compared with the assumed energy consumption  - x < 0,200 or x > 0,600
             which analysed the technical, environmental and                   - y <–2,3172 x + 2,3653 x–0,2800 or
             economic aspects of lighting products typically used in     in that year if no Ecodesign measure is implemented.  y >–2,3172 x + 2,3653 x–0,1000;
             households. The study has been developed together with  14 The ecodesign requirements should not affect       (b) directional lamps;
             stakeholders and interested parties from the Community     functionality from the user tively affect health, safety or    (c) lamps having a luminous flux below 60 lumens or above
             and third countries, and the results have been made     the environment. In particular, the benefits of reducing    (d) lamps having:
             publicly available on the EUROPA website of the                   - 6 % or more of total radiation of the range 250-780 nm
           Commission.                         the electricity consumption during the use phase   in the range of 250-400 nm,
                                               should overcompensate potential, if any, additional
                                               environmental impacts during the production phase of    - the peak of the radiation between 315-400 nm (UVA)
          4   Mandatory ecodesign requirements apply to products     products subject to this Regulation.  or 280-315 nm (UVB);
             placed on the Community market wherever they are                  - the peak of the radiation between 315-400 nm (UVA)
             installed or used, therefore such requirements cannot             or 280-315 nm (UVB);
             be made dependent on the application in which the  15 A staged entry into force of the ecodesign requirements  (e) fluorescent lamps without integrated ballast;
             product is used (such as for domestic lighting).     should provide a sufficient timeframe for manufacturers  (f) high-intensity discharge lamps;
                                               to re-design products subject to this Regulation as
                                              appropriate.                     (g) incandescent lamps with E14/E27/B22/B15 caps, with a
                                               The timing of the stages should be set in such a  voltage equal to or below 60 volts and without integrated
          5  Products subject to this Regulation are designed                  transformer in Stages 1-5 according to Article 3.
             essentially for the full or partial illumination of a         way that negative impacts related to functionalities of
             household room, by replacing or complementing natural         equipment on the market are avoided, and cost impacts
                                              for end-users and manufacturers, in particular small and
             light with artificial light, in order to enhance visibility       medium enterprises, are taken into account, while  Article 2
             within that space. Special purpose lamps designed       ensuring timely achievement of the objectives of this
             essentially for other types of applications (such as traffic                  Definitions
             signals, terrarium lighting, or household appliances)   Regulation.
             and clearly indicated as such on accompanying product   16 Measurements of the relevant product parameters should  For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions set out in
             information should not be subject to the ecodesign       be performed taking into account the generally  Directive 2005/32/EC shall apply. The following definitions
             requirements set out in this Regulation.                          shall also apply:
                                               recognised state of the art measurement;manufacturers
                                               may apply harmonised standards set up in  household room illumination means the full or partial
          6  New technologies emerging on the market such as light             illumination of a household room,by replacing or
             emitting diodes should be subject to this Regulation.     accordance with Article 10 of Directive 2005/32/EC as  complementing
                                               soon as they are made available and published for that
                                               purpose in the Official Journal of the European Union  natural light with artificial light, in order to
          7   The environmental aspects of the products covered that           enhance visibility within that space;
             are identified as significant for the purposes of this
             Regulation are energy in the use phase as well as mercury  17 In accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2005/32/EC,  1.  household room illumination means the full or partial
             content and mercury emissions.     this Regulation should specify the applicable conformity     illumination of a household room,by replacing or
                                               assessment procedures.
                                                                                  complementing natural light with artificial light, in order to
          8   The annual electricity consumption related to products  18 In order to facilitate compliance checks, manufacturers     enhance visibility within that space;
             subject to this Regulation in the Community has been              2.  means a source made in order to produce an optical
             estimated to be 112 TWh in 2007, corresponding to     should provide information in the technical documentation     radiation, usually visible, including any additional
             45 Mt CO measures, the consumption is predicted to        referred to in Annexes V and VI to Directive     components necessary for starting, power supply or
                                              2005/32/EC in so far as this information relates to the
             increase to 135 TWh in 2020. The preparatory studies       requirements laid down in this Regulation.     stable operation of the lamp or for the distribution,
             showed that electricity consumption of products subject              filtering or transformation of the optical radiation, in case
             to this Regulation can be significantly reduced.                     those components cannot be removed without
                                            19 In addition to the legally binding requirements, the
                                               identification of indicative benchmarks for best available       permanently damaging the unit;
          9   Mercury emitted in the different life cycle phases of the     technologies for products subject to this Regulation   3.  household lamp
             lamps, including from use-phase electricity generation     should contribute to ensuring wide availability and to       room illumination; it does not include special purpose
             and from the 80 % of compact fluorescent lamps     facilitating access to information.This can further facilitate   4.  special purpose lamp household room illumination
             containing mercury which are presumed not to be                      because of its technical parameters
             recycled at the end of life, has been estimated to be     the integration of best design technologies for improving       or because the related product information indicates
             2,9 tonnes in 2007 from the installed stock of lamps.       the life cycle environmental performance of products       that it is unsuitable for household room illumination;
                                              subject to this Regulation.
             Without taking specific measures, the mercury emissions           5.  directional lamp means a lamp having at least 80 % light
             of the installed lamp stock is predicted to increase to 3,1  20 A review of this measure should take particular note of     output within a solid angle of sr (corresponding to a cone
             tonnes in 2020 while it has been demonstrated that it                with angle of 120°);
             can be significantly reduced.     the evolution of sales of special purpose lamp types so as
             Although the mercury content of compact fluorescent       to verify that they are not used for general lighting     non-directional lamp
                                              purposes, of the development of new technologies such
             lamps is considered to be a significant environmental     as LEDs and of the feasibility of establishing energy       tional lamp;
             aspect, it is appropriate to regulate it under Directive     efficiency requirements at the Commision Directive
             2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the                  7.  filament lamp means a lamp in which light is produced by
             Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the     98/11/EC of 27 January 1988 implementing Council       means of a threadlike conductor which is heated to
             use of certain hazardous substances in electrcal and       Directive 92/75 with regard to energy labeling of
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