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Ref : EIC 111/2
13 July 2009
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 358/2009
US : Final Rule on Test Procedures for General Service Fluorescent Lamps, Incandescent Reflector Lamps and General Service Incandescent Lamps
The US Department of Energy (DoE) issued in the Federal Register (FR) notice of 6 July 2009 a final rule to amend its test procedures for certain fluorescent and incandescent lamps, which manufacturers are required to use to certify compliance with energy conservation standards mandated under the US Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The final rule will be effective on 5 August 2009.
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Specifically, these amendments (i) update citations and references to the industry standards currently referenced in DoE's test procedures, and make several technical modifications; (ii) provide test methods for some general service fluorescent lamps (GSFLs), which are subject to existing energy conservation standards but do not currently have test procedures in place; (iii) will adopt test procedures for additional GSFLs, which will be covered in the upcoming energy conservation standards final rule; and (iv) provide appropriate methods to test the general service incandescent lamps. Details of the final rule are set out in the FR notice.
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Because of the bulkiness of the FR notice, it is not appended to this circular. Interested parties may download the notice at: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-15643
.pdf.
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For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5682.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Bonny CHAO)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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