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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/…  
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laying 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  
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EN 1  EN COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/…  
of XXX  
laying 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)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to  Article 114 of  the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,  
Having regard to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parl iament and of the Council of 
21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for 
energy -related products1, and in particular Article 15(1)  thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC the Commission should  set ecodesign 
requirements for energy -related products which account  for significant volumes of 
sales and trade  in the Union and which have  a significant environmental impact and 
presenting significant potential for improvement through design in terms of their 
environmental impact, without entailing excessive costs.  
(2) The Ec odesign Working Plan 2016 -20192 established by the Commission in 
application of Article  16(1) of Directive 2009/125/EC sets out the working priorities 
under the ecodesign and energy labelling framework for the period 2016 -2019. The 
Working Plan identifies the energy -related product groups to be considered as 
priorities for the undertaking of preparatory studies and eventual adoption of 
implementing measures, as well as  the review of the current regulations.  
(3) Measures from the Working Plan have an estimated p otential to deliver a total in 
excess of 260 TWh of annual final energy savings in 2030, which is equivalent to 
reducing greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 100 million tonnes per year in 
2030. Lighting  is one of the product groups listed in the Work ing Plan, with an 
estimated 41.9 TWh of annual final energy savings in 2030.  
(4) The Commission established ecodesign requirements for lighting products  in 
Commission Regulation s (EC)  No 244/20093, (EC)  No 245/20094 and (EU)  
                                                 
1 OJ L 285, 31.10.2009 , p. 10. 
2 COM(2016) 773 final of 30.11.2016 . 
3 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 (OJ L 76, 24.3.2009, p. 3 ). 
4 Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2009 of 18 March 2009 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of 
the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for fluorescent 
lamps without integrated ballast, for high intensity discharge lam ps, and for ballasts and luminaires able  
EN 2  EN No 1194/20125. Pursuant to those Regulations  the Commission should  review them in 
the light of technological progress.  
(5) The Commission has reviewed those Regulation s and analysed the technical, 
environmental and economic aspects of lighting products  as well as real -life user 
behaviour. The review was carried out  in close cooperation with stakeholders and 
interested parties from the Union and third countries. The results of the review were 
made public and presented to the Consultati on Forum established  by Article  18 of 
Directive 2009/125/EC.   
(6) The review shows the benefit of updating the  requirements  for lighting products  and 
the benefit of simplifying the requirements to be applied to lighting products, in 
particular by having one single regulation for this product group . This is in line with 
the Commission’s ‘Better Regulation’ policy and should aim to decrease the 
administrative burden for manufacturers and importers, and to facilitate verification by 
market surveillance authorities, inter alia by bett er defining the scope and exemptions, 
reducing the number of parameters for compliance testing and decreasing the time of 
some test procedures.  
(7) In accordance with the review, all lighting products that fall within the scope of the 
three existing regulatio ns should be covered by this Regulation . Furthermore, a 
uniform formula should be set to calculate the energy efficiency of such lighting 
products.  
(8) The annual electricity  consumption of products subject to this Regulation in the Union  
was estimated at 336 TWh in 2015 . This  cover s 12.4 % of the overall use of electricity 
by the 28 Member States and correspond s to 132 million tonnes of CO 2 equivalent  
greenhouse gas emissions . The energy consumption of lighting products  in a business -
as-usual scenario is projected to  decrease by 2030 . However,  this reduction is expected 
to slow down u nless the existing ecodesign requirements  are updated .  
(9) The environmental aspects of lighting products that  have been identified as significant 
for the purposes of this Regula tion are  energy consumption in the use phase along with 
mercury content . 
(10) The use of hazardous substances, including mercury in light sources is governed by 
Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (RoHS)6, No 
specific ecodesign requirements on mercury content should therefore be set in this 
Regulation .  
(11) The Commission Communication  on the circular economy7 and the Ecodesign 
Working P lan 2016 -2019 underline the importance of using the ecodesign framework 
to su pport the move towards more resource efficient and circular economy. Directive 
2012/19/EU8 of the European Parliament and of the Council  refers to Directive 
                                                                                                                                                         
to operate such lamps, and repealing Directive 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council (OJ L 76, 24.3.2009, p. 17 ). 
5 Commission Regulation (EU) No  1194/2012 of 12  December 2012 implementing Directi ve 
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 (OJ L 342, 14.12.2012, p. 1 ). 
6 Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and o f the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction 
of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 
88, and amendments ). 
7 COM/2015/0614 final  of 02.12/2015 . 
8 Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parli ament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical 
and electronic equipment ( OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 38 ).  
EN 3  EN 2009/125/EC and indicates  that ecodesign requirements should facilitate the re -use, 
dismantling and  recovery of waste of electrical and electronic equipment ( WEEE ) by 
tackling the issues upstream. The WEEE Directive sets requirements for separate 
collection and recycling  of lighting products , with new provisions from August  2018 . 
This Regulation should  therefore not lay down further requirements for this . 
(12) Specific requirements for the standby and networked standby  electric power demand 
of lighting products  should be laid down . Therefore, the requirements o f Commission 
Regulation (EC) No  1275/20089 should  not apply to lighting products  covered by the 
scope of this Regulation .  
(13) Mandatory ecodesign requirements apply to products placed on the Union market 
wherever they are installed or used and should therefore not be made dependent on the 
application in whi ch the product is used.  
(14) Exemptions from the requirements set out in this Regulation should be made for light 
sources with special technical features for use in specific applications, including those 
related to health and safety, and for which higher energy  efficiency alternatives are not 
available or not cost -effective.  
(15) The relevant product parameters should be measured  using  reliable, accurate and 
reproducible methods . Those methods should  take into account recognised state -of-
the-art measurement methods , including, where available, harmonised standards 
adopted by the European standardisation organisations , as listed in Anne   I to 
Regulation (EU) No  1025/2012  of the European Parliament and of the Council10. 
(16) In accordance with Article  8 of Directive 2009/125 /EC, this Regulation should specify 
the applicable conformity assessment procedures.  
(17) To facilitate compliance checks, manufacturers should provide information in the 
technical documentation referred to in Annexes  IV and V to Directive  2009/125/EC in 
so far as that information relates to the requirements laid down in this Regulation . The 
parameters of the technical documentation in accordance with this  Regulation which 
are identical to the parameters of the product information sheet in accordance with  
Commission  Delegated Regulation  (EU) [OP please insert the references of the 
Regulation with regard to energy labelling of light sources ] and which have  been 
entered in the product database should no  longer  be included  in the technical 
docu mentation of this Regulation . 
(18) Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/228211 requires this Regulation to specify  
tolerance values for lighting parameters and adopt the approach of declared values . 
                                                 
9 OJ L 339, 18.12.2008, p 45  
10 Regulation (EU) No  1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25  October 2012 on 
European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 
94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007 /23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 
2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 
87/95/EEC and Decision No  1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 316, 
14.11.2012, p. 12 ). 
11 Commission Regulation (EU)  2016/2282 of 30 November 2016 amending Regulations (EC) No 
1275/2008, (EC) No 107/2009, (EC) No 278/2009, (EC) No 640/2009, (EC) No 641/2009, (EC) No 
642/2009, (EC) No 643/2009, (EU) No 1015/2010, (EU) No 1016/2010, (EU) No 327/2011, (EU) No 
206/2012, (EU ) No 547/2012, (EU) No 932/2012, (EU) No 617/2013, (EU) No 666/2013, (EU) No 
813/2013, (EU) No 814/2013, (EU) No 66/2014, (EU) No 548/2014, (EU) No 1253/2014, (EU) 
2015/1095, (EU) 2015/1185, (EU) 2015/1188, (EU) 2015/1189 and (EU) 2016/2281 with regard to the 
use of tolerances in verification procedures ( OJ L 346, 20.12.2016, p. 51 ).  
EN 4  EN (19) To improve the effectiveness of th is Regulation  and to protect consumers , products 
that automatically alter  their performance in test conditions to improve the declared 
parameters should be prohibited .  
(20) In addition to the legally binding requirements laid down in this Regulation, indicative 
benchmarks for best available technologies should be identified to make information 
on products’  environmental performance over their life cycle  subject to this Regula tion 
widely available and easily accessible , in accordance with Directive 2009/125/EC , 
Annex  1, part  3, point  2. 
(21) A review of this Regulation should assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of its 
provisions in achieving its goals. The timing of the rev iew should be sufficient for all 
provisions to be implemented and show an effect on the market . 
(22) Regulati ons (EC) No  244/2009 , (EC) No  245/2009 and (EU) No  1194/2012  should 
therefore be repealed.  
(23) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Committee established by Article  19(1) of Directive 2009/125/EC , 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Subject matter and scope  
1. This Regulation establishes ecodesign re quirements for the placing on the market of  
(a) light sources ; 
(b) separate control gears ; 
as defined in Article 2.  
The requirements also apply to light sources and separate control gears placed on the 
market in a containing product . 
2. This Regulation shall not app ly to l ight sources and separate control gears specified 
in Annex  III, points  1 and  2.  
3. Light sources and separate c ontrol gears specified in Annex  III, point  3 shall comply 
only with the requirements of Annex  II, point  3.e. 
Article 2 
Definitions   
For the purpose of this Regulation , the following definitions shall apply:  
(1) ʻlight source’ means an electrically operated product intended to emit and/or be 
possibly tuned to emit light with all of the following optical characteristics:  
(a) chromaticity coordinates x a nd y in the range  
0,270 < x < 0,530 and  
– 2,3172 x2 + 2,3653 x – 0,2199 < y < – 2,3172  x2 + 2,3653 x – 0,1595;  
(b) a luminous flux < 500 lm per mm²  of projected light -emitting s urface area as 
defined in Annex  I; 
(c) a luminous flux between 60 and 82 000 lumen ;  
EN 5  EN (d) a colour rendering index (CRI) Ra  > 0; 
using incandescence, fluorescence, high -intensity discharge, inorganic light emitting 
diodes  (LED) or organic light emitting diodes  (OLED) , or their combinations as 
lighting technology, and that can be verified as a li ght source according to the 
procedure of Annex  IV. 
High-pressure sodium light sources that do not fulfil condition (a) are considered 
light sources for the purposes of this Regulation . 
Light sources do not include:  
(a) LED dies  or LED chips;  
(b) LED packages;  
(c) products containing  light source(s) from which these ligh t source(s) can be 
removed for verification ; 
(d) light-emitting parts contained in a light source from which these parts cannot 
be removed for verification as a light source ; 
(2) ‘control gear’ means one or more  devices, that can be or not physically  integrated in 
a light source, intended to prepare the mains for the electric format required by one 
or more specific light sources within boundary conditions set by electric safety and 
electromagnetic compatibility. It may include transforming the supply and starting 
voltage, limiting operational and preheating current, preventing cold starting, 
correcting the power factor and/or reducing radio interference.   
The term  ‘control gear’  does not include power supplies within the scope o f 
Commission Regulation (EC) No  278/200912. The term does also not include lighting 
control parts and non -lighting parts (as defined in Annex I), although such parts may 
be physically integrated with a control gear or marketed together as a single product.  
A Power over Ethernet (PoE) switch is not a control gear in the sense of this 
Regulation.  ‘Power -over-Ethernet switch’ or ‘PoE  switch ’ means  equipment for 
power -supply and data -handling that is installed between the mains and office 
equip ment and/or light sources for the purpose of data transfer and power supply ; 
(3) ‘separate control gear’, means a control gear that is not physically integrated with a 
light source and is placed on the market as a separate product or as  a part of a 
containing product;  
(4) ʻcontaining  product’  means a product containing one or more light source s and/or 
separate control gears . Examples of containing products are luminaires that can be 
taken apart to allow separate verification of the contained light source(s), househ old 
appliances containing light source(s), furniture (shelves, mirrors, display cabinets) 
containing light source(s) . If a containing product cannot be taken apart for 
verification of the light source and separate control gear, the entire containing 
produc t is to be considered a light source ; 
(5) ʻlight’ means electromagnetic radiation with a wa velength between 380  nm and 
780 nm; 
(6) ‘mains’ or ‘mains voltage’ (MV) means the electricity supply of 230 (±10  %) Vo lt of 
alternating current at 50  Hz; 
                                                 
12 OJ L93, 7.4.2009, p.3.   
EN 6  EN (7) ‘LED die ’ or ‘LED chip’ means a small block of light -emitting semiconducting 
material on which a functional LED  circuit is fabricated ; 
(8) ‘LED package’ means a single electric part comprising principally at least one LED 
die. It does not include a control gear  or parts of it, a cap, active electronic 
components and is not connected  directly to the mains voltage . It is used as a part of 
an LED module or of an LED lamp. It can include one or more of the following: 
optical elements, light converters (phosphors), thermal, mecha nical and electric 
interfaces, parts to address electrostatic discharge concerns. So called Chip -on-Board 
(CoB) packages, and similar light -emitting devices that are intended to be used 
directly in an LED luminaire, are not considered to be LED packages, but LED 
modules ; 
(9) ʻchromaticity ’ means the property of a colour stimulus defined by its chromaticity 
coordinates (x and y) ; 
(10) ʻluminous flux ’ or ‘flux’ (Φ), expressed in lumen (lm), means the quantity derived 
from radiant flux (radiant power) by evaluating the  electromagnetic radiation in 
accordance with the spectral sensitivity of the human eye. It refers to the total flux 
emitted by a light source in a solid angle of 4π steradians under conditions (e.g. 
current, voltage, temperature) specified in applicable s tandards. It refers to the initial 
flux for the undimmed light source after a short operating period, unless it is clearly 
specified that the flux in a dimmed condition or the flux after a given period of 
operation is intended. For light sources that can b e tuned to emit different light 
spectra and/or different maximum light intensities, it refers to the flux in the 
‘reference contro l settings’ as defined in Annex  I; 
(11) ʻcolour rendering index’  (CRI) means the effect of an illuminant on the colour 
appearance o f objects by conscious or subconscious comparison with their colour 
appearance under the reference illuminant  and is the average Ra of the colour 
rendering for the first 8 test colours (R1 -R8) defined in standards ; 
(12) ‘incandescence’ means a phenomenon where light is produced from heat, in light 
sources typically produced through a threadlike conductor (‘filament’) which is 
heated by the passage of an electric current . Incandescent light sources include  GLS 
– general lamp s hape  light sources and halogen light sources;  
(13) ‘halogen light source ’ means  an incandescent light source with a threadlike 
conductor made from tungsten surrounded by gas containing halogens or halogen 
compounds ; 
(14) ‘fluorescence’ or ‘fluorescent light source’ (FL) means the phenomenon or a light 
source using an electric gas discharge 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 light sources may have one 
('single -capped ') or two ('double -capped') connections (‘caps’) to their electricity 
supply. For the purposes of this Regulation, magnetic induction light sources are also 
considered as fluorescent light sources ; 
(15) ‘high intensity discharge’ (HID) means an electric gas dis charge in which the light - 
producing arc is stabilised by wall temperature and the arc chamber has a bulb wall 
loading in exce ss of 3  Watts per square centimetre . HID light sources are limited to 
metal halide, high -pressure sodium and mercury vapour types,  as defined in Annex  I;   
EN 7  EN (16) ‘gas discharge’ means a phenomenon where light is produced, directly or indirectly, 
by an electric discharge through a gas, plasma, metal vapour or mixture of gases and 
vapours ;  
(17) ‘inorganic light emitting diode’ (LED) means a techn ology in which light is 
produced from a solid state device embodying a p -n junction of inorganic material. 
The junction emits optical radiation when excited by an electric current ; 
(18) ‘organic light emitting diode’ (OLED) means a technology in which light is 
produced from a solid state device embodying a p -n junction of organic material. The 
junction emits optical radiation when excited by an electric current ; 
(19) ‘high-pressure sodium light source’  (HPS) means a high intensity discharge light 
source  in which the light is produced mainly by radiation from sodium vapour 
operating at a partial pressure of the order of 10 kilopascals.  HPS light sources may 
have one ( ‘single -ended’) or two ( ‘double -ended’) connectors to their electricity 
supply . 
For the purposes of the  Annexes, additional d efinitions are set out in Annex  I. 
Article 3 
Ecodesign requirements  
Products within the scope of this Regulation  shall comply with the e codesign requirements set 
out in Annex  II. 
Article 4 
Removal of light sources and separate control  gears  
1. Manufacturers and importers  of containing products  shall ensure that light sources 
and separate control gears can be removed without being permanently damaged for 
verification purposes  by market surveillance authorities . For containing products, 
instructions shall  be available on request on how light sources and separate control 
gears can be removed for verification without these being permanently damaged.  
2. Manufacturers and importers of containing products shall ensure that light sources 
and separat e control gears can be dismantled from containing products at end of life. 
Instructions shall be available on request.  
3. Manufacturers and importers of containing products shall provide information about 
the replaceability or non -replaceability of light sou rces and control gears  by end -
users or qualified persons without permanent damage to the containing product. Such 
information shall be available on free -access websites. For products sold directly to 
end-users, this information shall be on the packaging, a t least in the form of a 
pictogram , and in the user instructions .  
Article 5  
Conformity assessment  
1. The conformity assessment p rocedure referred to in Article  8 of Directive 
2009/125/EC shall be the internal design control system set out in Annex  IV to that  
Directive or the management system set out in Annex  V to that Directive.  
2. For the purposes of the conformity assessment pursuant to Article  8 of Directive 
2009/125/EC, the technical documentation shall contain t he information set out in  
EN 8  EN Annex  II, point  3(d) to this Regulation  and the results of the calculations in 
accordance with Annex  II, points  1 and  2 to this Regulation . 
3. Where the information included in the technical documentation for a particular 
model has been obtained by calculation on the basis of d esign, or extrapolation from 
another model , or both, the technical documentation shall include details of such 
calculations or extrapolations, or both, and of tests carried out by manufacturers to 
verify the accuracy of the calculations undertaken .  
Article 6 
Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes  
Member States shall apply the verificatio n procedure laid down  in Annex  IV to this 
Regulation when performing the market surveillance checks referred to in Article  3(2) of 
Directive 2009/125 /EC.  
Article 7 
Circumvention  
The manufacturer or importer shall not place on the market products designed in such a way 
that a model’s performance is automatically altered under test conditions with the aim of 
reaching a more favourable level for any of the parameters declared by the manufacturer in 
the technical documentation or included in any of the documentation provided with the 
product.  
The power consumption of the product shall not increase after a software or firmware update 
when measured with the  same test standard originally used for the declaration of conformity, 
except with explicit consent of the end -user prior to the update . 
Article 8 
Indicative benchmarks  
The indicative benchmarks for the best -performing products and technologies available o n the 
market at the time of adopting this Regulation are set out in Annex  VI. 
Article 9 
Review  
The Commission shall review  this Regulation in the light of technological progress and shall 
present the results  of this review , including , if appropriate, a draft revision proposal , to the 
Consultation Forum  no later than [OP – please insert date - five years after its entry into 
force ]. 
This review shall  in particular  assess :  
(a) setting more stringent energy efficiency requirements for all light source types, in 
particular for non -LED light source types, and for separate control gears ; 
(b) setting requirements on lighting control parts ; 
(c) setting more stringent requirements on flicker and stroboscopic effects ; 
(d) setting requirements on dimming, including the interactio n with flicker;  
(e) setting more stringent requirements on (networked) standby power ;  
EN 9  EN (f) lowering or abolishing the power bonus for colour -tuneable light sources and 
removing the exemption for high colour purity;  
(g) substituting the CRI colour rendering metric by a more adequate metric;  
(h) verifying the adequacy of lumen as a stand -alone metric for the quantity of visible 
light; 
(i) setting additional resource efficiency requirements for products in accordance with 
the principles of the circular economy.   
Article 10 
Repeal  
Regulation s (EC) No  244/2009,  (EC) No  245/2009 an d (EU) No 1194 /2012 are repealed with 
effect from 1 September  2021 . 
Article 11 
Entry into force  and application  
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union.  
It shall apply from 1 September  2021 .  
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 Jean-Claude JUNCKER  
 The President