Paragraph 2 Additional exemptions

Chapter 2 of Part 2 of these Regulations does not apply to—

(a)

double-capped fluorescent T5 light sources with power P ≤ 13 W;

(b)

electronic displays (such as televisions, computer monitors, notebooks, tablets, mobile phones, e-readers, game consoles), including displays to which the following provisions apply—

(i)

Chapter 7 of Part 2 of the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information Regulations 2021^f1;

(ii)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 617/2013 of 26 June 2013^f2 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for computers and computer servers;

(c)

light sources and separate control gears in battery-operated products, including—

(i)

torches;

(ii)

mobile phones with an integrated torch light;

(iii)

toys with included light sources;

(iv)

desk lamps operating only on batteries;

(v)

armband lamps for cyclists;

(vi)

solar-powered garden lamps;

(d)

light sources for spectroscopy and photometric applications, including—

(i)

UV-VIS spectroscopy;

(ii)

molecular spectroscopy;

(iii)

atomic absorption spectroscopy;

(iv)

nondispersive infrared (NDIR);

(v)

fourier-transform infrared (FTIR);

(vi)

medical analysis;

(vii)

ellipsometry;

(viii)

layer thickness measurement;

(ix)

process monitoring;

(x)

environmental monitoring;

(e)

light sources and separate control gears on bicycles and other non-motorised vehicles.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2021/745.
f2: EUR 2013/617, as amended by S.I. 2019/539.