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Ref : EIC 230/2/11

2 October 2009

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 493/2009

European Union (EU)* : Ecodesign Requirements on Ultraviolet Radiation of Non-directional Household Lamps

Further to Commercial Information Circulars No. 164/2009 of 30 March 2009, the European Commission (the Commission) has recently adopted a Regulation to amend the ecodesign requirements regarding ultraviolet radiation of non-directional household lamps. Details are set out in the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 859/2009 (the Regulation), which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:247:0003:0005:EN:PDF

DETAILS

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2. According to evidence produced after the adoption of Regulation (EC) No. 244/2009 concerning the ecodesign requirements for non-directional household lamps, there is currently no suitable replacement for certain lamps to meet the ultraviolet radiation requirements. As a result, the relevant ecodesign requirements have been revised. Details are set out in the Annex of the Regulation.

ENQUIRIES

3. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Peggy LEUNG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.