Energy efficiency: requirements for ballasts for fluorescent lighting

PURPOSE : to reach energy efficiency requirements for ballasts for fluorescent lighting. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Directive 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency requirements for ballasts for fluorescent lighting. CONTENT : this Directive aims to establish minimum norms of energy efficient requirements for ballasts for fluorescent lighting, which account for a significant share of electricity in the Community, and thus to transform the market and realise the weak cost of large energy economies. The implementation of this Directive should in particular contribute to reaching the Kyoto objectives concerning the reduction of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. An interinstitutional statement on the question of the third phase of implementation of the Directive was also adopted. Thus, proposals relating to the third phase could be necessary if, before the date 31/12/2005 fixed for completing the evaluation, the results obtained do not correspond to the proposed objective, that is the average share of the market, at Union level, of ballasts satisfying CELMA A type energy efficiency norms be more than 55%. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 21/11/2000. DEADLINE FIXED FOR THE TRANSPOSITION : 21/11/2001.�