New Ecodesign & Labelling rules become applicable today

1 September 2021 - The Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Regulations for light sources adopted in 2019 and revised in February this year become applicable today in all EU Member States. Updated LightingEurope Guidelines are available for the market. The two regulations published in 2019 and revised in February 2021 bring major changes for producers and end-users of lighting products.
New in the Energy Labelling Regulation (ELR) is the enlargement of the scope to cover all light sources placed on the EU market and the rescaling of the energy label for light sources to the new A – G scale. The energy label for luminaires was discontinued already in 2019. The ELR also clarifies the new requirements for registering light sources in the EU EPREL database.
The Ecodesign Regulation for light sources and separate control gear, also known as the Single Lighting Regulation (SLR), introduces energy efficiency requirements that will ban some fluorescent and halogen lamps as of today and T8 linear fluorescent and other halogen lamps in two years’ time. It also introduces new functional requirements, such as those to regulate flicker and stroboscopic effects, and new circular economy requirements on the removability and replaceability of light sources and separate control gears and on durability for LED and OLED light sources.
The LightingEurope Guidelines on Ecodesign and Energy Labelling are already in their Fourth Edition in less than two years and a Fifth edition is in the pipeline. A second edition of the EPREL Guidelines was published in July 2021. Details about the LightingEurope guidelines can be found here.

1 September 2021 - The Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Regulations for light sources adopted in 2019 and revised in February this year become applicable today in all EU Member States. Updated LightingEurope Guidelines are available for the market. The two regulations published in 2019 and revised in February 2021 bring major changes for producers and end-users of lighting products.
New in the Energy Labelling Regulation (ELR) is the enlargement of the scope to cover all light sources placed on the EU market and the rescaling of the energy label for light sources to the new A – G scale. The energy label for luminaires was discontinued already in 2019. The ELR also clarifies the new requirements for registering light sources in the EU EPREL database.
The Ecodesign Regulation for light sources and separate control gear, also known as the Single Lighting Regulation (SLR), introduces energy efficiency requirements that will ban some fluorescent and halogen lamps as of today and T8 linear fluorescent and other halogen lamps in two years’ time. It also introduces new functional requirements, such as those to regulate flicker and stroboscopic effects, and new circular economy requirements on the removability and replaceability of light sources and separate control gears and on durability for LED and OLED light sources.
The LightingEurope Guidelines on Ecodesign and Energy Labelling are already in their Fourth Edition in less than two years and a Fifth edition is in the pipeline. A second edition of the EPREL Guidelines was published in July 2021. Details about the LightingEurope guidelines can be found here.