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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9701

11 July 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy
Electrical equipment on standby will have to use less energy by 2020

Brussels, 10/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - Television sets, computers and microwaves will have to use less electricity by 2020: so says a proposal for a regulation from the Commission to reduce the electricity consumption on standby mode of household or office electrical equipment that was endorsed by EU member states at a meeting of the Ecodesign Regulatory Committee in Brussels on Tuesday 8 July. The regulation sets energy efficiency standards that all electrical goods marketed in Europe will...

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