(a) directional lamps; (b) light-emitting diode (LED) lamps; (c) equipment designed for installation between the mains and the lamps, including lamp control gear, control devices and luminaires (other than ballasts and luminaires for fluorescent and high-intensity discharge lamps);
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1194/2012 of 12 December 2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for directional lamps, light emitting diode lamps and related equipment Text with EEA relevance
Modified by
- Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1428of 25 August 2015amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 244/2009 with regard to ecodesign requirements for non-directional household lamps and Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2009 with regard to ecodesign requirements for fluorescent lamps without integrated ballast, for high intensity discharge lamps, and for ballasts and luminaires able to operate such lamps and repealing Directive 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1194/2012 with regard to ecodesign requirements for directional lamps, light emitting diode lamps and related equipment(Text with EEA relevance), 32015R1428, August 27, 2015
- Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2020of 1 October 2019laying down ecodesign requirements for light sources and separate control gears pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 244/2009, (EC) No 245/2009 and (EU) No 1194/2012(Text with EEA relevance), 32019R2020, December 5, 2019
1. "lighting" means the application of light to a scene, objects or their surroundings so that they may be seen by humans; 2. "accent lighting" means a form of lighting where light is directed so as to highlight an object or a part of an area; 3. "electrical lighting product" means a product designed for use with electricity and intended for use in lighting; 4. "special purpose product" means a product that uses the technologies covered by this Regulation but is intended for use in special applications because of its technical parameters as described in the technical documentation. Special applications are those that require technical parameters not necessary for the purposes of lighting average scenes or objects in average circumstances. These applications are of the following types: (a) applications where the primary purpose of the light is not lighting, such as (i) emission of light as an agent in chemical or biological processes (such as polymerisation, ultraviolet light used for curing/drying/hardening, photodynamic therapy, horticulture, pet care, anti-insect products); (ii) image capture and image projection (such as camera flashlights, photocopiers, video projectors); (iii) heating (infrared lamps); (iv) signalling (such as traffic control or airfield lamps);
(b) lighting applications where (i) the spectral distribution of the light is intended to change the appearance of the scene or object lit, in addition to making it visible (such as food display lighting or coloured lamps as defined in point 1 of Annex I), with the exception of variations in correlated colour temperature; or (ii) the spectral distribution of the light is adjusted to the specific needs of particular technical equipment, in addition to making the scene or object visible for humans (such as studio lighting, show effect lighting, theatre lighting); or (iii) the scene or object lit requires special protection from the negative effects of the light source (such as lighting with dedicated filtering for photosensitive patients or photosensitive museum exhibits); or (iv) lighting is required only for emergency situations (such as emergency lighting luminaires or control gears for emergency lighting); or (v) the lighting products have to withstand extreme physical conditions (such as vibrations or temperatures below – 20 °C or above 50 °C);
Incandescent lamps longer than 60 mm are not special purpose products, if they are resistant only to mechanical shock or vibrations and are not incandescent traffic signalling lamps; or they possess a rated power higher than 25 W and claim to have specific features that are also present in lamps having higher energy efficiency classes according to Regulation (EU) No 874/2012 (such as zero EMC emissions, CRI value higher or equal to 95, and UV emissions less or equal than 2 mW per 1000 lm);5. "light source" means a surface or object designed to emit mainly visible optical radiation produced by a transformation of energy. The term "visible" refers to a wavelength of 380-780 nm; 6. "lamp" means a unit whose performance can be assessed independently and which consists of one or more light sources. It may include additional components necessary for starting, power supply or stable operation of the unit or for distributing, filtering or transforming the optical radiation, in cases where those components cannot be removed without permanently damaging the unit; 7. "lamp cap" means that part of a lamp which provides connection to the electrical supply by means of a lamp holder or lamp connector and may also serve to retain the lamp in the lamp holder; 8. "lamp holder" or "socket" means a device which holds the lamp in position, usually by having the cap inserted in it, in which case it also provides the means of connecting the lamp to the electric supply; 9. "directional lamp" means a lamp having at least 80 % light output within a solid angle of π sr (corresponding to a cone with angle of 120°); 10. "non-directional lamp" means a lamp that is not a directional lamp; 11. "filament lamp" means a lamp in which light is produced by means of a threadlike conductor which is heated to incandescence by the passage of an electric current. The lamp may contain gases influencing the process of incandescence; 12. "incandescent lamp" means a filament lamp in which the filament operates in an evacuated bulb or is surrounded by inert gas; 13. "(tungsten) halogen lamp" means a filament lamp in which the filament is made of tungsten and is surrounded by gas containing halogens or halogen compounds; it may be supplied with an integrated power supply; 14. "discharge lamp" means a lamp in which the light is produced, directly or indirectly, by an electric discharge through a gas, a metal vapour or a mixture of several gases and vapours; 15. "fluorescent lamp" means a discharge lamp of the low-pressure mercury type in which most of the light is emitted by one or more layers of phosphors excited by the ultraviolet radiation from the discharge. Fluorescent lamps may be supplied with an integrated ballast; 16. "fluorescent lamp without integrated ballast" means a single- or double-capped fluorescent lamp without integrated ballast; 17. "high intensity discharge lamp" means an electric discharge lamp in which the light- producing arc is stabilised by wall temperature and the arc has a bulb wall loading in excess of 3 watts per square centimetre; 18. "light emitting diode (LED)" means a light source which consists of a solid state device embodying a p-n junction of inorganic material. The junction emits optical radiation when excited by an electric current; 19. "LED package" means an assembly having one or more LED(s). The assembly may include an optical element and thermal, mechanical and electrical interfaces; 20. "LED module" means an assembly having no cap and incorporating one or more LED packages on a printed circuit board. The assembly may have electrical, optical, mechanical and thermal components, interfaces and control gear; 21. "LED lamp" means a lamp incorporating one or more LED modules. The lamp may be equipped with a cap; 22. "lamp control gear" means a device located between the electrical supply and one or more lamps, which provides a functionality related to the operation of the lamp(s), such as transforming the supply voltage, limiting the current of the lamp(s) to the required value, providing starting voltage and preheating current, preventing cold starting, correcting the power factor or reducing radio interference. The device may be designed to connect to other lamp control gear to perform these functions. The term does not include: control devices power supplies within the scope of Commission Regulation (EC) No 278/2009 OJ L 93, 7.4.2009, p. 3 .
23. "control device" means an electronic or mechanical device controlling or monitoring the luminous flux of the lamp by other means than power conversion, such as timer switches, occupancy sensors, light sensors and daylight regulation devices. In addition, phase cut dimmers shall also be considered as control devices; 24. "external lamp control gear" means non-integrated lamp control gear designed to be installed outside the enclosure of a lamp or luminaire, or to be removed from the enclosure without permanently damaging the lamp or the luminaire; 25. "ballast" means lamp control gear inserted between the supply and one or more discharge lamps which, by means of inductance, capacitance or a combination of inductance and capacitance, serves mainly to limit the current of the lamp(s) to the required value; 26. "halogen lamp control gear" means lamp control gear that transforms mains voltage to extra low voltage for halogen lamps; 27. "compact fluorescent lamp" means a fluorescent lamp that includes all the components necessary for starting and stable operation of the lamp; 28. "luminaire" means a product which distributes, filters or transforms the light transmitted from one or more lamps and includes all the parts necessary for supporting, fixing and protecting the lamps and, where necessary, circuit auxiliaries together with the means for connecting them to the electric supply. If the primary purpose of a product is not lighting and the product is dependent on energy input in fulfilling its primary purpose during use (such as refrigerators, sewing machines, endoscopes, blood analysers) it is not considered a luminaire for the purposes of this Regulation; 29. "end-user" means a natural person buying or expected to buy a product for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession; 30. "final owner" means the person or entity owning a product during the use phase of its life cycle, or any person or entity acting on behalf of such a person or entity; 31. "incandescent traffic signalling lamp" means an incandescent lamp with a rated voltage above 60 V, and a failure rate of less than 2 % during the first 1000 hours of operation.
Stage 1: 1 September 2013 Stage 2: 1 September 2014 Stage 3: 1 September 2016 .
(a) contain a copy of the product information provided in accordance with part 3 of Annex III to this Regulation; (b) provide any other information required by Annexes I, III and IV to be present in the technical documentation file; (c) specify at least one realistic combination of product settings and conditions in which the product complies with this Regulation.
x < 0,270 or x > 0,530 or ;
(a) the intended purpose; (b) that it is not suitable for household room illumination; and (c) the technical parameters that make the lamp design specific for the stated intended purpose.
(a) "luminous flux" (Φ) means the quantity derived from radiant flux (radiant power) by evaluating the radiation in accordance with the spectral sensitivity of the human eye. Without further specification it refers to the initial luminous flux; (b) "initial luminous flux" means the luminous flux of a lamp after a short operating period; (c) useful luminous flux (Φ use ) means the part of the luminous flux of a lamp falling within the cone used for calculating the lamp’s energy efficiency in point 1.1 of Annex III;(d) "luminous intensity" (candela or cd) means the quotient of the luminous flux leaving the source and propagated in the element of solid angle containing the given direction, by the element of solid angle; (e) "beam angle" means the angle between two imaginary lines in a plane through the optical beam axis, such that these lines pass through the centre of the front face of the lamp and through points at which the luminous intensity is 50 % of the centre beam intensity, where the centre beam intensity is the value of luminous intensity measured on the optical beam axis; (f) "chromaticity" means the property of a colour stimulus defined by its chromaticity coordinates, or by its dominant or complementary wavelength and purity taken together; (g) "correlated colour temperature" (Tc [K]) means the temperature of a Planckian (black body) radiator whose perceived colour most closely resembles that of a given stimulus at the same brightness and under specified viewing conditions; (h) "colour rendering" (Ra) means the effect of an illuminant on the colour appearance of objects by conscious or subconscious comparison with their colour appearance under a reference illuminant; (i) "colour consistency" means the maximum deviation of chromaticity coordinates (x and y) of a single lamp from a chromaticity centre point (cx and cy), expressed as the size (in steps) of the MacAdam ellipse formed around the chromaticity centre point (cx and cy); (j) "lamp lumen maintenance factor" (LLMF) means the ratio of the luminous flux emitted by the lamp at a given time in its life to the initial luminous flux; (k) "lamp survival factor" (LSF) means the defined fraction of the total number of lamps that continue to operate at a given time under defined conditions and switching frequency; (l) "lamp lifetime" means the period of operating time after which the fraction of the total number of lamps which continue to operate corresponds to the lamp survival factor of the lamp under defined conditions and switching frequency. For LED lamps, lamp lifetime means the operating time between the start of their use and the moment when only 50 % of the total number of lamps survive or when the average lumen maintenance of the batch falls below 70 %, whichever occurs first; (m) "lamp start time" means the time needed, after the supply voltage is switched on, for the lamp to start fully and remain alight; (n) "lamp warm-up time" means the time needed after start-up, for the lamp to emit a defined proportion of its stabilised luminous flux; (o) "power factor" means the ratio of the absolute value of the active power to the apparent power under periodic conditions; (p) "lamp mercury content" means the mercury contained in the lamp; (q) "rated value" means the value of a quantity used for specification purposes, established for a specified set of operating conditions of a product. Unless stated otherwise, all requirements are set in rated values; (r) "nominal value" means the value of a quantity used to designate and identify a product; (s) "no-load mode" means the condition of a lamp control gear where it is connected to the supply voltage and where its output is disconnected in normal operation from all the primary loads by the switch intended for this purpose (a faulty or missing lamp, or a disconnection of the load by a safety switch is not normal operation); (t) "standby mode" means a mode of lamp control gear where the lamps are switched off with the help of a control signal under normal operating conditions. It applies to lamp control gear with a built-in switching function and permanently connected to the supply voltage when in normal use; (u) "control signal" means an analogue or digital signal transmitted to the control gear wirelessly or wired either via voltage modulation in separate control cables or via modulated signal in the supply voltage; (v) "standby power" means the power consumed by the lamp control gear in standby mode; (w) "no-load power" means the power consumed by the lamp control gear in no-load mode; (x) "switching cycle" means the sequence of switching the lamp on and off at set intervals; (y) "premature failure" means when a lamp reaches the end of its life after a period in operation which is less than the rated life time stated in the technical documentation; (z) "anti-glare shield" means a mechanical or optical reflective or non-reflective impervious baffle designed to block direct visible radiation emitted from the light source of a directional lamp, in order to avoid temporary partial blindness (disability glare) if viewed directly by an observer. It does not include surface coating of the light source in the directional lamp; (aa) "compatibility" means that when a product is intended to be installed in an installation, inserted into another product or connected to it through physical contact or wireless connection, (i) it is possible to perform the installation, insertion or connection; and (ii) shortly after starting to use them together, end-users are not led to believe that any of the products has a defect; and (iii) the safety risk of using the products together is not higher than when the same products taken individually are used in combination with other products.
| Scope of the correction | Corrected power (P |
|---|---|
| Lamps operating on external halogen lamp control gear | |
| Lamps operating on external LED lamp control gear | |
| Fluorescent lamps of 16 mm diameter (T5 lamps) and 4-pin single capped fluorescent lamps operating on external fluorescent lamp control gear | |
| Other lamps operating on external fluorescent lamp control gear | |
| Lamps operating on external high-intensity discharge lamp control gear | |
| Compact fluorescent lamps with colour rendering index ≥ 90 | |
| Lamps with anti-glare shield |
directional lamps with a beam angle ≥ 90° other than filament lamps and carrying a warning on their packaging in accordance with point 3.1.2(j) of this Annex: rated luminous flux in a 120° cone (Φ 120° )other directional lamps: rated luminous flux in a 90° cone (Φ 90° ).
| Application date | Maximum energy efficiency index (EEI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mains-voltage filament lamps | Other filament lamps | High-intensity discharge lamps | Other lamps | |
| Stage 1 | If Φ | |||
| Stage 2 | ||||
| Stage 3 | ||||
compliant with the maximum EEI requirement in stage 3; affordable in terms of not entailing excessive costs for the majority of end-users; broadly equivalent in terms of consumer-relevant functionality parameters to mains-voltage filament lamps available on the date of entry into force of this Regulation, including in terms of luminous fluxes spanning the full range of reference luminous fluxes listed in Table 6; compatible with equipment designed for installation between the mains and filament lamps available on the date of entry into force of this Regulation according to state-of-the-art requirements for compatibility.
| Functionality parameter | Stage 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lamp survival factor at | From | ≥ 0,70 |
| Lumen maintenance | At | |
| Number of switching cycles before failure | ||
| Starting time | < 2,0 s | |
| Lamp warm-up time to 60 % Φ | ||
| Premature failure rate | ≤ 5,0 % at 500 h | ≤ 5,0 % at |
| Lamp power factor for lamps with integrated control gear | ||
| Colour rendering (Ra) |
| Functionality parameter | Stage 1 and 2 | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Rated lamp lifetime at 50 % lamp survival | ≥ | |
| Lumen maintenance | ≥ 80 % at 75 % of rated average lifetime | ≥ 80 % at 75 % of rated average lifetime |
| Number of switching cycles | ≥ four times the rated lamp life expressed in hours | ≥ four times the rated lamp life expressed in hours |
| Starting time | < 0,2 s | < 0,2 s |
| Lamp warm-up time to 60 % Φ | ≤ 1,0 s | ≤ 1,0 s |
| Premature failure rate | ≤ 5,0 % at 100 h | ≤ 5,0 % at 200 h |
| Lamp power factor for lamps with integrated control gear |
| Functionality parameter | Requirement as from stage 1, except where indicated otherwise |
|---|---|
| Lamp survival factor at | From |
| Lumen Maintenance at | From |
| Number of switching cycles before failure | |
| Starting time | < 0,5 s |
| Lamp warm-up time to 95 % Φ | < 2 s |
| Premature failure rate | ≤ 5,0 % at |
| Colour rendering (Ra) | |
| Colour consistency | Variation of chromaticity coordinates within a six-step MacAdam ellipse or less. |
| Lamp power factor (PF) for lamps with integrated control gear |
0,24 for non-directional lamps (assuming that Φ use = total rated luminous flux);0,40 for directional lamps.
filament lamps not fulfilling the efficacy requirements of Stage 2, LED modules when marketed as part of a luminaire from which they are not intended to be removed by the end-user.
(a) Nominal useful luminous flux displayed in a font at least twice as large as any display of the nominal lamp power; (b) Nominal life time of the lamp in hours (not longer than the rated life time); (c) Colour temperature, as a value in Kelvins and also expressed graphically or in words; (d) Number of switching cycles before premature failure; (e) Warm-up time up to 60 % of the full light output (may be indicated as "instant full light" if less than 1 second); (f) A warning if the lamp cannot be dimmed or can be dimmed only on specific dimmers; in the latter case a list of compatible dimmers shall be also provided on the manufacturer's website; (g) If designed for optimum use in non-standard conditions (such as ambient temperature Ta ≠ 25 °C or specific thermal management is necessary), information on those conditions; (h) Lamp dimensions in millimetres (length and largest diameter); (i) Nominal beam angle in degrees; (j) If the lamp’s beam angle is ≥ 90° and its useful luminous flux as defined in point 1.1 of this Annex is to be measured in a 120° cone, a warning that the lamp is not suitable for accent lighting; (k) If the lamp cap is a standardised type also used with filament lamps, but the lamp’s dimensions are different from the dimensions of the filament lamp(s) that the lamp is meant to replace, a drawing comparing the lamp’s dimensions to the dimensions of the filament lamp(s) it replaces; (l) An indication that the lamp is of a type listed in the first column of Table 6 may be displayed only if the luminous flux of the lamp in a 90° cone (Φ 90° ) is not lower than the reference luminous flux indicated in Table 6 for the smallest wattage among the lamps of the type concerned. The reference luminous flux shall be multiplied by the correction factor in Table 7. For LED lamps, it shall be in addition multiplied by the correction factor in Table 8;(m) An equivalence claim involving the power of a replaced lamp type may be displayed only if the lamp type is listed in Table 6 and if the luminous flux of the lamp in a 90° cone (Φ 90° ) is not lower than the corresponding reference luminous flux in Table 6. The reference luminous flux shall be multiplied by the correction factor in Table 7. For LED lamps, it shall be in addition multiplied by the correction factor in Table 8. The intermediate values of both the luminous flux and the claimed equivalent lamp power (rounded to the nearest 1 W) shall be calculated by linear interpolation between the two adjacent values.Table 6 Reference luminous flux for equivalence claims Extra-low voltage reflector type Type Power (W) Reference Φ 90° (lm)MR11 GU4 20 160 35 300 MR16 GU 5.3 20 180 35 300 50 540 AR111 35 250 50 390 75 640 100 785 Mains-voltage blown glass reflector type Type Power (W) Reference Φ 90° (lm)R50/NR50 25 90 40 170 R63/NR63 40 180 60 300 R80/NR80 60 300 75 350 100 580 R95/NR95 75 350 100 540 R125 100 580 150 1000 Mains-voltage pressed glass reflector type Type Power (W) Reference Φ 90° (lm)PAR16 20 90 25 125 35 200 50 300 PAR20 35 200 50 300 75 500 PAR25 50 350 75 550 PAR30S 50 350 75 550 100 750 PAR36 50 350 75 550 100 720 PAR38 60 400 75 555 80 600 100 760 120 900 Table 7 Multiplication factors for lumen maintenance Lamp type Luminous flux multiplication factor Halogen lamps 1 Compact fluorescent lamps 1,08 LED lamps where LLMF is the lumen maintenance factor at the end of the nominal life Table 8 Multiplication factors for LED lamps LED lamp beam angle Luminous flux multiplication factor 20° ≤ beam angle 1 15° ≤ beam angle < 20° 0,9 10° ≤ beam angle < 15° 0,85 beam angle < 10° 0,80 If the lamp contains mercury: (n) Lamp mercury content as X,X mg; (o) Indication of which website to consult in case of accidental lamp breakage to find instructions on how to clean up the lamp debris.
(a) The information specified in point 3.1.2; (b) Rated power (0,1 W precision); (c) Rated useful luminous flux; (d) Rated lamp life time; (e) Lamp power factor; (f) Lumen maintenance factor at the end of the nominal life (except for filament lamps); (g) Starting time (as X,X seconds); (h) Colour rendering; (i) Colour consistency (only for LEDs); (j) Rated peak intensity in candela (cd); (k) Rated beam angle; (l) If intended for use in outdoor or industrial applications, an indication to this effect; (m) Spectral power distribution in the range 180-800 nm; If the lamp contains mercury: (n) Instructions on how to clean up the lamp debris in case of accidental lamp breakage; (o) Recommendations on how to dispose of the lamp at the end of its life for recycling in line with Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 38 .
the luminous intensity in any direction around the tube axis does not deviate by more than 25 % from the average luminous intensity around the tube, and the luminous flux of the LED lamp is not lower than the luminous flux of the fluorescent lamp of the claimed wattage. The luminous flux of the fluorescent lamp shall be obtained by multiplying the claimed wattage with the minimum luminous efficacy value corresponding to the fluorescent lamp in Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2009 OJ L 76, 24.3.2009, p. 17 .the wattage of the LED lamp is not higher than the wattage of the fluorescent lamp it is claimed to replace.
Indication that the product is intended to be used as a lamp control gear, If applicable, the information that the product may be operated in no-load mode.
(a) the lamps in the batch are accompanied by the required and correct product information, and (b) the lamps in the batch are found to comply with the compatibility provisions of points 2.1 and 2.2 of Annex III, applying state-of-the-art methods and criteria for assessing compatibility, including those set out in documents whose reference numbers have been published for that purpose in the Official Journal of the European Union , and(c) testing of the parameters of the lamps in the batch listed in Table 9 shows no non-compliance for any of the parameters.
| Parameter | Procedure |
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| Lamp survival factor at |
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| Number of switching cycles before failure | |
| Starting time | |
| Lamp warm-up time to 60 % Φ | |
| Premature failure rate |
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| Colour rendering (Ra) | |
| Lumen maintenance at end of life and rated lifetime (for LED lamps only) | |
| Equivalence claims for retrofit lamps according to points 3.1.2(l) and (m) of Annex III | |
| Beam angle | |
| Peak intensity | |
| Other parameters (including the energy efficiency index) |
all LED modules in Table 5 of this Regulation, if they are directional LED modules, in Tables 1 and 2 of this Regulation, if they are non-directional LED modules, in Tables 1, 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 244/2009.
(a) directional lamps; (b) light-emitting diode (LED) lamps; (c) equipment designed for installation between the mains and the lamps, including lamp control gear, control devices and luminaires (other than ballasts and luminaires for fluorescent and high-intensity discharge lamps);
1. "lighting" means the application of light to a scene, objects or their surroundings so that they may be seen by humans; 2. "accent lighting" means a form of lighting where light is directed so as to highlight an object or a part of an area; 3. "electrical lighting product" means a product designed for use with electricity and intended for use in lighting; 4. "special purpose product" means a product that uses the technologies covered by this Regulation but is intended for use in special applications because of its technical parameters as described in the technical documentation. Special applications are those that require technical parameters not necessary for the purposes of lighting average scenes or objects in average circumstances. These applications are of the following types: (a) applications where the primary purpose of the light is not lighting, such as (i) emission of light as an agent in chemical or biological processes (such as polymerisation, ultraviolet light used for curing/drying/hardening, photodynamic therapy, horticulture, pet care, anti-insect products); (ii) image capture and image projection (such as camera flashlights, photocopiers, video projectors); (iii) heating (infrared lamps); (iv) signalling (such as traffic control or airfield lamps);
(b) lighting applications where (i) the spectral distribution of the light is intended to change the appearance of the scene or object lit, in addition to making it visible (such as food display lighting or coloured lamps as defined in point 1 of Annex I), with the exception of variations in correlated colour temperature; or (ii) the spectral distribution of the light is adjusted to the specific needs of particular technical equipment, in addition to making the scene or object visible for humans (such as studio lighting, show effect lighting, theatre lighting); or (iii) the scene or object lit requires special protection from the negative effects of the light source (such as lighting with dedicated filtering for photosensitive patients or photosensitive museum exhibits); or (iv) lighting is required only for emergency situations (such as emergency lighting luminaires or control gears for emergency lighting); or (v) the lighting products have to withstand extreme physical conditions (such as vibrations or temperatures below – 20 °C or above 50 °C);
Incandescent lamps longer than 60 mm are not special purpose products, if they are resistant only to mechanical shock or vibrations and are not incandescent traffic signalling lamps; or they possess a rated power higher than 25 W and claim to have specific features that are also present in lamps having higher energy efficiency classes according to Regulation (EU) No 874/2012 (such as zero EMC emissions, CRI value higher or equal to 95, and UV emissions less or equal than 2 mW per 1000 lm);5. "light source" means a surface or object designed to emit mainly visible optical radiation produced by a transformation of energy. The term "visible" refers to a wavelength of 380-780 nm; 6. "lamp" means a unit whose performance can be assessed independently and which consists of one or more light sources. It may include additional components necessary for starting, power supply or stable operation of the unit or for distributing, filtering or transforming the optical radiation, in cases where those components cannot be removed without permanently damaging the unit; 7. "lamp cap" means that part of a lamp which provides connection to the electrical supply by means of a lamp holder or lamp connector and may also serve to retain the lamp in the lamp holder; 8. "lamp holder" or "socket" means a device which holds the lamp in position, usually by having the cap inserted in it, in which case it also provides the means of connecting the lamp to the electric supply; 9. "directional lamp" means a lamp having at least 80 % light output within a solid angle of π sr (corresponding to a cone with angle of 120°); 10. "non-directional lamp" means a lamp that is not a directional lamp; 11. "filament lamp" means a lamp in which light is produced by means of a threadlike conductor which is heated to incandescence by the passage of an electric current. The lamp may contain gases influencing the process of incandescence; 12. "incandescent lamp" means a filament lamp in which the filament operates in an evacuated bulb or is surrounded by inert gas; 13. "(tungsten) halogen lamp" means a filament lamp in which the filament is made of tungsten and is surrounded by gas containing halogens or halogen compounds; it may be supplied with an integrated power supply; 14. "discharge lamp" means a lamp in which the light is produced, directly or indirectly, by an electric discharge through a gas, a metal vapour or a mixture of several gases and vapours; 15. "fluorescent lamp" means a discharge lamp of the low-pressure mercury type in which most of the light is emitted by one or more layers of phosphors excited by the ultraviolet radiation from the discharge. Fluorescent lamps may be supplied with an integrated ballast; 16. "fluorescent lamp without integrated ballast" means a single- or double-capped fluorescent lamp without integrated ballast; 17. "high intensity discharge lamp" means an electric discharge lamp in which the light- producing arc is stabilised by wall temperature and the arc has a bulb wall loading in excess of 3 watts per square centimetre; 18. "light emitting diode (LED)" means a light source which consists of a solid state device embodying a p-n junction of inorganic material. The junction emits optical radiation when excited by an electric current; 19. "LED package" means an assembly having one or more LED(s). The assembly may include an optical element and thermal, mechanical and electrical interfaces; 20. "LED module" means an assembly having no cap and incorporating one or more LED packages on a printed circuit board. The assembly may have electrical, optical, mechanical and thermal components, interfaces and control gear; 21. "LED lamp" means a lamp incorporating one or more LED modules. The lamp may be equipped with a cap; 22. "lamp control gear" means a device located between the electrical supply and one or more lamps, which provides a functionality related to the operation of the lamp(s), such as transforming the supply voltage, limiting the current of the lamp(s) to the required value, providing starting voltage and preheating current, preventing cold starting, correcting the power factor or reducing radio interference. The device may be designed to connect to other lamp control gear to perform these functions. The term does not include: control devices power supplies within the scope of Commission Regulation (EC) No 278/2009 OJ L 93, 7.4.2009, p. 3 .
23. "control device" means an electronic or mechanical device controlling or monitoring the luminous flux of the lamp by other means than power conversion, such as timer switches, occupancy sensors, light sensors and daylight regulation devices. In addition, phase cut dimmers shall also be considered as control devices; 24. "external lamp control gear" means non-integrated lamp control gear designed to be installed outside the enclosure of a lamp or luminaire, or to be removed from the enclosure without permanently damaging the lamp or the luminaire; 25. "ballast" means lamp control gear inserted between the supply and one or more discharge lamps which, by means of inductance, capacitance or a combination of inductance and capacitance, serves mainly to limit the current of the lamp(s) to the required value; 26. "halogen lamp control gear" means lamp control gear that transforms mains voltage to extra low voltage for halogen lamps; 27. "compact fluorescent lamp" means a fluorescent lamp that includes all the components necessary for starting and stable operation of the lamp; 28. "luminaire" means a product which distributes, filters or transforms the light transmitted from one or more lamps and includes all the parts necessary for supporting, fixing and protecting the lamps and, where necessary, circuit auxiliaries together with the means for connecting them to the electric supply. If the primary purpose of a product is not lighting and the product is dependent on energy input in fulfilling its primary purpose during use (such as refrigerators, sewing machines, endoscopes, blood analysers) it is not considered a luminaire for the purposes of this Regulation; 29. "end-user" means a natural person buying or expected to buy a product for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession; 30. "final owner" means the person or entity owning a product during the use phase of its life cycle, or any person or entity acting on behalf of such a person or entity; 31. "incandescent traffic signalling lamp" means an incandescent lamp with a rated voltage above 60 V, and a failure rate of less than 2 % during the first 1000 hours of operation.
Stage 1: 1 September 2013 Stage 2: 1 September 2014 Stage 3: 1 September 2016 .
(a) contain a copy of the product information provided in accordance with part 3 of Annex III to this Regulation; (b) provide any other information required by Annexes I, III and IV to be present in the technical documentation file; (c) specify at least one realistic combination of product settings and conditions in which the product complies with this Regulation.
x < 0,270 or x > 0,530 or ;
(a) the intended purpose; (b) that it is not suitable for household room illumination; and (c) the technical parameters that make the lamp design specific for the stated intended purpose.
(a) "luminous flux" (Φ) means the quantity derived from radiant flux (radiant power) by evaluating the radiation in accordance with the spectral sensitivity of the human eye. Without further specification it refers to the initial luminous flux; (b) "initial luminous flux" means the luminous flux of a lamp after a short operating period; (c) useful luminous flux (Φ use ) means the part of the luminous flux of a lamp falling within the cone used for calculating the lamp’s energy efficiency in point 1.1 of Annex III;(d) "luminous intensity" (candela or cd) means the quotient of the luminous flux leaving the source and propagated in the element of solid angle containing the given direction, by the element of solid angle; (e) "beam angle" means the angle between two imaginary lines in a plane through the optical beam axis, such that these lines pass through the centre of the front face of the lamp and through points at which the luminous intensity is 50 % of the centre beam intensity, where the centre beam intensity is the value of luminous intensity measured on the optical beam axis; (f) "chromaticity" means the property of a colour stimulus defined by its chromaticity coordinates, or by its dominant or complementary wavelength and purity taken together; (g) "correlated colour temperature" (Tc [K]) means the temperature of a Planckian (black body) radiator whose perceived colour most closely resembles that of a given stimulus at the same brightness and under specified viewing conditions; (h) "colour rendering" (Ra) means the effect of an illuminant on the colour appearance of objects by conscious or subconscious comparison with their colour appearance under a reference illuminant; (i) "colour consistency" means the maximum deviation of chromaticity coordinates (x and y) of a single lamp from a chromaticity centre point (cx and cy), expressed as the size (in steps) of the MacAdam ellipse formed around the chromaticity centre point (cx and cy); (j) "lamp lumen maintenance factor" (LLMF) means the ratio of the luminous flux emitted by the lamp at a given time in its life to the initial luminous flux; (k) "lamp survival factor" (LSF) means the defined fraction of the total number of lamps that continue to operate at a given time under defined conditions and switching frequency; (l) "lamp lifetime" means the period of operating time after which the fraction of the total number of lamps which continue to operate corresponds to the lamp survival factor of the lamp under defined conditions and switching frequency. For LED lamps, lamp lifetime means the operating time between the start of their use and the moment when only 50 % of the total number of lamps survive or when the average lumen maintenance of the batch falls below 70 %, whichever occurs first; (m) "lamp start time" means the time needed, after the supply voltage is switched on, for the lamp to start fully and remain alight; (n) "lamp warm-up time" means the time needed after start-up, for the lamp to emit a defined proportion of its stabilised luminous flux; (o) "power factor" means the ratio of the absolute value of the active power to the apparent power under periodic conditions; (p) "lamp mercury content" means the mercury contained in the lamp; (q) "rated value" means the value of a quantity used for specification purposes, established for a specified set of operating conditions of a product. Unless stated otherwise, all requirements are set in rated values; (r) "nominal value" means the value of a quantity used to designate and identify a product; (s) "no-load mode" means the condition of a lamp control gear where it is connected to the supply voltage and where its output is disconnected in normal operation from all the primary loads by the switch intended for this purpose (a faulty or missing lamp, or a disconnection of the load by a safety switch is not normal operation); (t) "standby mode" means a mode of lamp control gear where the lamps are switched off with the help of a control signal under normal operating conditions. It applies to lamp control gear with a built-in switching function and permanently connected to the supply voltage when in normal use; (u) "control signal" means an analogue or digital signal transmitted to the control gear wirelessly or wired either via voltage modulation in separate control cables or via modulated signal in the supply voltage; (v) "standby power" means the power consumed by the lamp control gear in standby mode; (w) "no-load power" means the power consumed by the lamp control gear in no-load mode; (x) "switching cycle" means the sequence of switching the lamp on and off at set intervals; (y) "premature failure" means when a lamp reaches the end of its life after a period in operation which is less than the rated life time stated in the technical documentation; (z) "anti-glare shield" means a mechanical or optical reflective or non-reflective impervious baffle designed to block direct visible radiation emitted from the light source of a directional lamp, in order to avoid temporary partial blindness (disability glare) if viewed directly by an observer. It does not include surface coating of the light source in the directional lamp; (aa) "compatibility" means that when a product is intended to be installed in an installation, inserted into another product or connected to it through physical contact or wireless connection, (i) it is possible to perform the installation, insertion or connection; and (ii) shortly after starting to use them together, end-users are not led to believe that any of the products has a defect; and (iii) the safety risk of using the products together is not higher than when the same products taken individually are used in combination with other products.
| Scope of the correction | Corrected power (P |
|---|---|
| Lamps operating on external halogen lamp control gear | |
| Lamps operating on external LED lamp control gear | |
| Fluorescent lamps of 16 mm diameter (T5 lamps) and 4-pin single capped fluorescent lamps operating on external fluorescent lamp control gear | |
| Other lamps operating on external fluorescent lamp control gear | |
| Lamps operating on external high-intensity discharge lamp control gear | |
| Compact fluorescent lamps with colour rendering index ≥ 90 | |
| Lamps with anti-glare shield |
directional lamps with a beam angle ≥ 90° other than filament lamps and carrying a warning on their packaging in accordance with point 3.1.2(j) of this Annex: rated luminous flux in a 120° cone (Φ 120° )other directional lamps: rated luminous flux in a 90° cone (Φ 90° ).
| Application date | Maximum energy efficiency index (EEI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mains-voltage filament lamps | Other filament lamps | High-intensity discharge lamps | Other lamps | |
| Stage 1 | If Φ | |||
| Stage 2 | ||||
| Stage 3 | ||||
compliant with the maximum EEI requirement in stage 3; affordable in terms of not entailing excessive costs for the majority of end-users; broadly equivalent in terms of consumer-relevant functionality parameters to mains-voltage filament lamps available on the date of entry into force of this Regulation, including in terms of luminous fluxes spanning the full range of reference luminous fluxes listed in Table 6; compatible with equipment designed for installation between the mains and filament lamps available on the date of entry into force of this Regulation according to state-of-the-art requirements for compatibility.
| Functionality parameter | Stage 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lamp survival factor at | From | ≥ 0,70 |
| Lumen maintenance | At | |
| Number of switching cycles before failure | ||
| Starting time | < 2,0 s | |
| Lamp warm-up time to 60 % Φ | ||
| Premature failure rate | ≤ 5,0 % at 500 h | ≤ 5,0 % at |
| Lamp power factor for lamps with integrated control gear | ||
| Colour rendering (Ra) |
| Functionality parameter | Stage 1 and 2 | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Rated lamp lifetime at 50 % lamp survival | ≥ | |
| Lumen maintenance | ≥ 80 % at 75 % of rated average lifetime | ≥ 80 % at 75 % of rated average lifetime |
| Number of switching cycles | ≥ four times the rated lamp life expressed in hours | ≥ four times the rated lamp life expressed in hours |
| Starting time | < 0,2 s | < 0,2 s |
| Lamp warm-up time to 60 % Φ | ≤ 1,0 s | ≤ 1,0 s |
| Premature failure rate | ≤ 5,0 % at 100 h | ≤ 5,0 % at 200 h |
| Lamp power factor for lamps with integrated control gear |
| Functionality parameter | Requirement as from stage 1, except where indicated otherwise |
|---|---|
| Lamp survival factor at | From |
| Lumen Maintenance at | From |
| Number of switching cycles before failure | |
| Starting time | < 0,5 s |
| Lamp warm-up time to 95 % Φ | < 2 s |
| Premature failure rate | ≤ 5,0 % at |
| Colour rendering (Ra) | |
| Colour consistency | Variation of chromaticity coordinates within a six-step MacAdam ellipse or less. |
| Lamp power factor (PF) for lamps with integrated control gear |
0,24 for non-directional lamps (assuming that Φ use = total rated luminous flux);0,40 for directional lamps.
filament lamps not fulfilling the efficacy requirements of Stage 2, LED modules when marketed as part of a luminaire from which they are not intended to be removed by the end-user.
(a) Nominal useful luminous flux displayed in a font at least twice as large as any display of the nominal lamp power; (b) Nominal life time of the lamp in hours (not longer than the rated life time); (c) Colour temperature, as a value in Kelvins and also expressed graphically or in words; (d) Number of switching cycles before premature failure; (e) Warm-up time up to 60 % of the full light output (may be indicated as "instant full light" if less than 1 second); (f) A warning if the lamp cannot be dimmed or can be dimmed only on specific dimmers; in the latter case a list of compatible dimmers shall be also provided on the manufacturer's website; (g) If designed for optimum use in non-standard conditions (such as ambient temperature Ta ≠ 25 °C or specific thermal management is necessary), information on those conditions; (h) Lamp dimensions in millimetres (length and largest diameter); (i) Nominal beam angle in degrees; (j) If the lamp’s beam angle is ≥ 90° and its useful luminous flux as defined in point 1.1 of this Annex is to be measured in a 120° cone, a warning that the lamp is not suitable for accent lighting; (k) If the lamp cap is a standardised type also used with filament lamps, but the lamp’s dimensions are different from the dimensions of the filament lamp(s) that the lamp is meant to replace, a drawing comparing the lamp’s dimensions to the dimensions of the filament lamp(s) it replaces; (l) An indication that the lamp is of a type listed in the first column of Table 6 may be displayed only if the luminous flux of the lamp in a 90° cone (Φ 90° ) is not lower than the reference luminous flux indicated in Table 6 for the smallest wattage among the lamps of the type concerned. The reference luminous flux shall be multiplied by the correction factor in Table 7. For LED lamps, it shall be in addition multiplied by the correction factor in Table 8;(m) An equivalence claim involving the power of a replaced lamp type may be displayed only if the lamp type is listed in Table 6 and if the luminous flux of the lamp in a 90° cone (Φ 90° ) is not lower than the corresponding reference luminous flux in Table 6. The reference luminous flux shall be multiplied by the correction factor in Table 7. For LED lamps, it shall be in addition multiplied by the correction factor in Table 8. The intermediate values of both the luminous flux and the claimed equivalent lamp power (rounded to the nearest 1 W) shall be calculated by linear interpolation between the two adjacent values.Table 6 Reference luminous flux for equivalence claims Extra-low voltage reflector type Type Power (W) Reference Φ 90° (lm)MR11 GU4 20 160 35 300 MR16 GU 5.3 20 180 35 300 50 540 AR111 35 250 50 390 75 640 100 785 Mains-voltage blown glass reflector type Type Power (W) Reference Φ 90° (lm)R50/NR50 25 90 40 170 R63/NR63 40 180 60 300 R80/NR80 60 300 75 350 100 580 R95/NR95 75 350 100 540 R125 100 580 150 1000 Mains-voltage pressed glass reflector type Type Power (W) Reference Φ 90° (lm)PAR16 20 90 25 125 35 200 50 300 PAR20 35 200 50 300 75 500 PAR25 50 350 75 550 PAR30S 50 350 75 550 100 750 PAR36 50 350 75 550 100 720 PAR38 60 400 75 555 80 600 100 760 120 900 Table 7 Multiplication factors for lumen maintenance Lamp type Luminous flux multiplication factor Halogen lamps 1 Compact fluorescent lamps 1,08 LED lamps where LLMF is the lumen maintenance factor at the end of the nominal life Table 8 Multiplication factors for LED lamps LED lamp beam angle Luminous flux multiplication factor 20° ≤ beam angle 1 15° ≤ beam angle < 20° 0,9 10° ≤ beam angle < 15° 0,85 beam angle < 10° 0,80 If the lamp contains mercury: (n) Lamp mercury content as X,X mg; (o) Indication of which website to consult in case of accidental lamp breakage to find instructions on how to clean up the lamp debris.
(a) The information specified in point 3.1.2; (b) Rated power (0,1 W precision); (c) Rated useful luminous flux; (d) Rated lamp life time; (e) Lamp power factor; (f) Lumen maintenance factor at the end of the nominal life (except for filament lamps); (g) Starting time (as X,X seconds); (h) Colour rendering; (i) Colour consistency (only for LEDs); (j) Rated peak intensity in candela (cd); (k) Rated beam angle; (l) If intended for use in outdoor or industrial applications, an indication to this effect; (m) Spectral power distribution in the range 180-800 nm; If the lamp contains mercury: (n) Instructions on how to clean up the lamp debris in case of accidental lamp breakage; (o) Recommendations on how to dispose of the lamp at the end of its life for recycling in line with Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 38 .
the luminous intensity in any direction around the tube axis does not deviate by more than 25 % from the average luminous intensity around the tube, and the luminous flux of the LED lamp is not lower than the luminous flux of the fluorescent lamp of the claimed wattage. The luminous flux of the fluorescent lamp shall be obtained by multiplying the claimed wattage with the minimum luminous efficacy value corresponding to the fluorescent lamp in Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2009 OJ L 76, 24.3.2009, p. 17 .the wattage of the LED lamp is not higher than the wattage of the fluorescent lamp it is claimed to replace.
Indication that the product is intended to be used as a lamp control gear, If applicable, the information that the product may be operated in no-load mode.
(a) the lamps in the batch are accompanied by the required and correct product information, and (b) the lamps in the batch are found to comply with the compatibility provisions of points 2.1 and 2.2 of Annex III, applying state-of-the-art methods and criteria for assessing compatibility, including those set out in documents whose reference numbers have been published for that purpose in the Official Journal of the European Union , and(c) testing of the parameters of the lamps in the batch listed in Table 9 shows no non-compliance for any of the parameters.
| Parameter | Procedure |
|---|---|
| Lamp survival factor at |
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| Number of switching cycles before failure | |
| Starting time | |
| Lamp warm-up time to 60 % Φ | |
| Premature failure rate |
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| Colour rendering (Ra) | |
| Lumen maintenance at end of life and rated lifetime (for LED lamps only) | |
| Equivalence claims for retrofit lamps according to points 3.1.2(l) and (m) of Annex III | |
| Beam angle | |
| Peak intensity | |
| Other parameters (including the energy efficiency index) |
all LED modules in Table 5 of this Regulation, if they are directional LED modules, in Tables 1 and 2 of this Regulation, if they are non-directional LED modules, in Tables 1, 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 244/2009.