Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2020

means a mechanical or optical reflective or non-reflective impervious baffle designed to block direct visible radiation emitted from the light emitter in a directional light source, in order to avoid temporary partial blindness (disability glare) if viewed directly by an observer.

means a product that operates only on direct current (DC) supplied from a source contained in the same product, without being connected directly or indirectly to the mains electricity supply;

means the property of a colour stimulus defined by its chromaticity coordinates (x and y);

means the maximum deviation of the initial (after a short period of time), spatially averaged chromaticity coordinates (x and y) of a single light source from the chromaticity centre point (cx and cy) declared by the manufacturer or the importer, expressed as the size (in steps) of the MacAdam ellipse formed around the chromaticity centre point (cx and cy);

(CRI) means a metric quantifying the effect of an illuminant on the colour appearance of objects by conscious or subconscious comparison with their colour appearance under the reference illuminant and is the average Ra of the colour rendering for the first 8 test colours (R1-R8) defined in standards;

(CTLS) means a light source that can be set to emit light with a large variety of colours outside the range defined in Article 2 but can also be set to emit white light inside the range defined in Article 2 for which the light source is within the scope of this Regulation.

(CFL) means a single-capped fluorescent light source with a bent-tube construction designed to fit in small spaces.

(CLS) means a light source including data-connection parts that are physically or functionally inseparable from the light emitting parts to maintain the ‘reference control settings’.

(CSCG) means a separate control gear including data-connection parts that are physically or functionally inseparable from the actual control gear parts to maintain the ‘reference control settings’.

means one or more devices, that may or may not be physically integrated in a light source, intended to prepare the mains for the electric format required by one or more specific light sources within boundary conditions set by electric safety and electromagnetic compatibility.

means the output power that supplies a light source divided by the input power of a separate control gear using the conditions and methods defined in standards.

means the condition of lighting control parts where they are connected to the light source and/or to the separate control gear and performing their functions in such a way that a control signal can be internally generated or a remotely initiated trigger can be received, by wire or wireless, and processed to lead to a change in the light emission of the light source or to a corresponding desired change in the power supply by the separate control gear;

means an analogue or digital signal transmitted to the light source or separate control gear wirelessly or wired either via voltage modulation in separate control cables or via a modulated signal in the supply voltage.

(CCT [K]) means the temperature of a Planckian (black body) radiator whose perceived colour most closely resembles that of a given stimulus at the same brightness and under specified viewing conditions;

means parts that perform any one of the following functions:

means the values provided by the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative for the stated, calculated or measured technical parameters in accordance with Article 5, for the verification of compliance by the Member State authorities;

means the arithmetic mean over the tested units of the measured values for a given parameter or the arithmetic mean of parameter values calculated from measured values;

(DLS) means a light source having at least 80 % of total luminous flux within a solid angle of π sr (corresponding to a cone with angle of 120°);

means the cosine of the phase angle φ1 between the fundamental harmonic of the mains supply voltage and the fundamental harmonic of the mains current.

means a natural person buying or expected to buy a product for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.

means a model with the same technical characteristics relevant for the ecodesign requirements, but that is placed on the market or put into service by the same manufacturer or importer as another model with a different model identifier;

means a percentage computed for a CTLS set to emit light of a certain colour, using a procedure further defined in standards, by drawing a straight line on an (x and y) colour space graph from a point with colour coordinates x = 0,333 and y = 0,333 (achromatic stimulus point), going through the point representing the (x and y) colour coordinates of the light source (point (2), and ending on the outer border of the colour space (locus;

means the perception of visual unsteadiness induced by a light stimulus, the luminance or spectral distribution of which fluctuates with time, for a static observer in a static environment.

(FL) means the phenomenon or a light source using an electric gas discharge of the low-pressure mercury type in which most of the light is emitted by one or more layers of phosphors excited by the ultraviolet radiation from the discharge.

means:

means the functionality of a LED or OLED light source after endurance testing as defined in Annex V;

means an electrical interface of a light source consisting of two small pins at distances of 4, 6.35 and 9 mm respectively, as defined in standards;

means a phenomenon where light is produced, directly or indirectly, by an electric discharge through a gas, plasma, metal vapour or mixture of gases and vapours;

means an electrical interface of a light source consisting of two pins at distances of 9.5, 16, 22 and 38 mm respectively, as defined in standards.

means an incandescent light source with a threadlike conductor made from tungsten surrounded by gas containing halogens or halogen compounds;

(HID) means an electric gas discharge in which the light- producing arc is stabilised by wall temperature and the arc chamber has a bulb wall loading in excess of 3 watts per square centimetre.

(HLLS) means a LED light source with an average luminance greater than 30 cd/mm2 in the direction of peak intensity;

means a high intensity discharge light source in which the major portion of light is produced, directly or indirectly, by radiation from predominantly vaporised mercury operating at a partial pressure in excess of 100 kilopascals;

(HPS) means a high intensity discharge light source in which the light is produced mainly by radiation from sodium vapour operating at a partial pressure of the order of 10 kilopascals.

means the phenomenon where light is produced from heat, in light sources typically produced through a threadlike conductor (‘filament’) which is heated by the passage of an electric current;

(LED) means a technology in which light is produced from a solid state device embodying a p-n junction of inorganic material.

means electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between 380 nm and 780 nm;

means an electrically operated product intended to emit, or, in the case of a non-incandescent light source, intended to be possibly tuned to emit, light, or both, with all of the following optical characteristics: using incandescence, fluorescence, high-intensity discharge, inorganic light emitting diodes (LED) or organic light emitting diodes (OLED), or their combinations as lighting technology, and that can be verified as a light source according to the procedure of Annex IV.

means parts that are integrated in a light source or in a separate control gear, or physically separated but marketed together with a light source or separate control gear as a single product, that are not strictly necessary for the light source to emit light at full-load, or for the separate control gear to supply the electric power that enables light source(s) to emit light at full-load, but that enable manual- or automatic-, direct- or remote-, control of luminous intensity, chromaticity, correlated colour temperature, light spectrum and/or beam angle.

(XLMF) means the ratio of the luminous flux emitted by a light source at a given time in its life to the initial luminous flux;

(candela or cd) means the quotient of the luminous flux leaving the source and propagated in the element of solid angle containing a given direction, by the element of solid angle;

means a light source using fluorescent technology, where energy is transferred to the gas discharge by means of an induced high-frequency magnetic field, instead of using electrodes placed inside the gas discharge.

means a light source that can be operated directly on the mains electricity supply.

(MV) means the electricity supply of 230 (± 10 %) volt of alternating current at 50 Hz;

(MH) means a high intensity discharge light source in which the light is produced by radiation from a mixture of metallic vapour, metal halides and the products of the dissociation of metal halides.

means the code, usually alphanumeric, which distinguishes a specific product model from other models with the same trade mark or the same manufacturer's or importer's name;

means a communication infrastructure with a topology of links, an architecture, including the physical components, organisational principles, communication procedures and formats (protocols);

means the condition of a CLS or a CSCG where it is connected to the power supply but the light source is intentionally not emitting light or the control gear does not supply the electric power that enables light source(s) to emit light, and is awaiting a remotely initiated trigger to return to a state with light emission.

means the condition of a separate control gear in which its input is connected to the mains power source and its output is intentionally disconnected from light sources, and, if applicable, from lighting control parts and non-lighting parts.

(NDLS) means a light source that is not a directional light source;

means parts that are integrated in a light source, or in a separate control gear, or physically separated but marketed together with a light source or separate control gear as a single product, that are not necessary for the light source to emit light at full-load, or for the separate control gear to supply the electric power that enables light source(s) to emit light at full-load, and that are not lighting control parts.

means a light source that requires a separate control gear to operate on the mains;

(OLED) means a technology in which light is produced from a solid state device embodying a p-n junction of organic material.

means an electrical interface of a light source that uses a flange contact to correctly position (pre-focus) the light source in a reflector, as defined in standards;

means people with a specific condition causing photosensitive symptoms and who experience adverse reactions to natural and/or certain forms of artificial lighting technology;

means equipment for power-supply and data-handling that is installed between the mains and office equipment and/or light sources for the purpose of data transfer and power supply;

(RCS) means a control setting or a combination of control settings that is used to verify compliance of a light source with this Regulation.

means a signal that comes from outside the light source or separate control gear via a network;

means a second outer envelope on an HID light source that is not required for the production of light, such as an external sleeve for preventing mercury and glass release into the environment in case of lamp breakage.

(mW/klm) means the effective power of the ultraviolet radiation of a light source weighted according to the spectral correction factors and related to its luminous flux;

means that the light source or separate control gear:

means the condition of a light source or of a separate control gear, where it is connected to the power supply but the light source is intentionally not emitting light, and the light source or control gear is awaiting a control signal to return to a state with light emission.

means a change in motion perception induced by a light stimulus, the luminance or spectral distribution of which fluctuates with time, for a static observer in a non-static environment.

(SF) means the defined fraction of the total number of light sources that continue to operate at a given time under defined conditions and switching frequency;

means a tubular light source with a diameter of approximately 7, 16, 26, 29 and 38 mm respectively, as defined in standards.