Final Report Lot 9: Public street lighting - Amper

1.3 Existing Legislation and EU Voluntary Agreements
In this section the relevant legislation and EU voluntary agreements are described.
1.3.1 Legislation and Agreements at European Community level
1.3.1.1 Environmental directives (RoHS, WEEE)
Directive 2002/95/EC on Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous
Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS)
Scope:
The RoHS Directive stands for "the restriction of the use of certain hazardous
substances in electrical and electronic equipment". This Directive bans the placing on
the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed
levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl
(PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants.
Exception for lamps: TBD
Exception requested by ELC: TBD
Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
Scope:
The WEEE Directive aims to:
• reduce waste arising from electrical and electronic equipment (EEE);
• make producers of EEE responsible for the environmental impact of their
products, especially when they become waste.
• encourage separate collection and subsequent treatment, reuse, recovery,
recycling and sound environmental disposal of EEE .
• improve the environmental performance of all those involved during the
lifecycle of EEE.
Exception for lamps: TBD
Exception requested by ELC: TBD
1.3.1.2 Minimum efficiency directives
Directive 2000/55/EC on energy efficiency requirements for ballasts for fluorescent lighting
Scope:
The purpose of this Directive is to improve the efficiency of the systems by limiting
the ballast losses. For this purpose, CELMA developed a classification system that
takes both parts of the system into account, the lamp and the ballast and that is
compliant with the directive.
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