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Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1428 of 25 August 2015 amending 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)

ANNEX I Amendment to Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 245/2009

1.In Annex III, point 1.2 (B) the last paragraph is replaced by the following:

High pressure sodium lamps with lamp efficacy requirements shall have at least the lamp lumen maintenance factors and lamp survival factors in Table 13:

Table 13

Lamp lumen maintenance factors & lamp survival factors for high pressure sodium lamps — Stage 2

High pressure sodium lamp category and burning hours for measurementLamp lumen maintenance factorLamp survival factor

P ≤ 75 W

LLMF and LSF measured at 12 000 burning hours

Ra ≤ 60> 0,80> 0,90
Ra > 60> 0,75> 0,75
all retrofit lamps designed to operate on high pressure mercury vapour lamp ballast> 0,75> 0,80

P > 75 W ≤ 605 W

LLMF and LSF measured at 16 000 burning hours

Ra ≤ 60> 0,85> 0,90
Ra > 60> 0,70> 0,65
all retrofit lamps designed to operate on high pressure mercury vapour lamp ballast> 0,75> 0,55

The requirements in Table 13 for retrofit lamps designed to operate on high pressure mercury vapour lamp ballast shall be applicable until 6 years after the entry into force of this Regulation.

2.In Annex III, point 1.2 (C) is replaced by the following:

C. Third stage requirements

Eight years after the entry into force of this Regulation:

Metal halide lamps with lamp efficacy requirements shall have at least the lamp lumen maintenance factors and lamp survival factors in Table 14:

Table 14

Lamp lumen maintenance factors and lamp survival factors for metal halide lamps — Stage 3

Burning HoursLamp lumen maintenance factorLamp survival factor
12 000> 0,80> 0,80