Light sources
Ecodesign
1. Scope
This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market of:
(a) light sources;
(b) separate control gears.
The requirements also apply to light sources and separate control gears placed on the market in a containing product.
2. Exemptions
This Regulation shall not apply to light sources and separate control gears specifically tested and approved to operate:
(a) in potentially explosive atmospheres, as defined in Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(b) for emergency use, as set out in Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(c) in radiological and nuclear medicine installations, as defined in Article 3 of Council Directive 2009/71/EURATOM;
(d) in or on military or civil defence establishments, equipment, ground vehicles, marine equipment or aircraft, as set out in Member States’ regulations or in documents issued by the European Defence Agency;
(e) in or on motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, interchangeable towed equipment, components and separate technical units as set out in Regulation (EC) No 661/2009, (EU) No 167/2013 and (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(f) in or on non-road mobile machinery as set out in Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council and in or on their trailers;
(g) in or on interchangeable equipment as set out in Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council intended to be towed or to be mounted and fully raised from the ground or that cannot articulate around a vertical axis when the vehicle to which it is attached is in use on a road by vehicles as set out in Regulation (EU) No 167/2013;
(h) in or on civil aviation aircraft, as set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012;
(i) in railway vehicle lighting, as set out in Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(j) in marine equipment, as set out in Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(k) in medical devices, as set out in Council Directive 93/42/EEC or Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council and in vitro medical devices as set out in Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
In addition, this Regulation shall not apply to: see Annex III, point 2, 3 and 4.
3. Conformity assessment
The conformity assessment procedure 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.
4. Entry into force and application
This Regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all EU Member States from 1 September 2021. However, Article 7 shall apply from 25 December 2019.
5. Harmonised standards
There are no references of harmonised standards which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union under the ecodesign and energy labelling framework directives.