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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9799
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy

Member States agree to phase out incandescent light bulbs by 2012

Brussels, 08/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 8 December, the Eco-Design Regulatory Committee gave its green light to the proposed regulation of the European Commission to phase out incandescent light bulbs between 2009 and the end of 2008, moving instead to more effective halogen or "Fluo-compact" light bulbs, known as low consumption lightbulbs, as they use up to 80% less energy. From 1 September 2009, traditional 100 W lightbulbs will disappear from sale, to be followed by 75 W...

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