24.3.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 76/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 244/2009 of 18 March 2009 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for non-directional household lamps (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy- using products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(’) and in particular Article 15(1) thereof, After consulting the Ecodesign Consultation Forum, Whereas: (1) Under Directive 2005/32/EC ecodesign requirements shall be set by the Commission for energy using products representing significant volumes of sales and trades, having significant environmental impact and presenting significant potential for improvement in terms of their environmental impact without entailing excessive costs. (2 Article 16(2) first indent of Directive 2005/32/EC provides that in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 19(3) and the criteria set out in Article 15(2), and after consulting the Ecodesign Consul- tation Forum, the Commission shall as appropriate introduce an implementing measure on domestic lighting products. (3)  The Commission has carried out a preparatory study which analysed the technical, environmental and economic aspects of lighting products typically used in households. The study has been developed together with stakeholders and interested parties from the Community and third countries, and the results have been made publicly available on the EUROPA website of the Commission. () O] L 191, 22.7.2005, p. 29. S Mandatory ecodesign requirements apply to products placed on the Community market wherever they are installed or used, therefore such requirements cannot be made dependent on the application in which the product is used (such as for domestic lighting). Products subject to this Regulation are designed essen- tially for the full or partial illumination of a household room, by replacing or complementing natural light with artificial light, in order to enhance visibility within that space. Special purpose lamps designed essentially for other types of applications (such as traffic signals, terrarium lighting, or household appliances) and clearly indicated as such on accompanying product information should not be subject to the ecodesign requirements set out in this Regulation. New technologies emerging on the market such as light emitting diodes should be subject to this Regulation. The environmental aspects of the products covered that are identified as significant for the purposes of this Regu- lation are energy in the use phase as well as mercury content and mercury emissions. The annual electricity consumption related to products subject to this Regulation in the Community has been estimated to be 112 TWh in 2007, corresponding to 45Mt CO, emissions. Without taking specific measures, the consumption is predicted to increase to 135 TWh in 2020. The preparatory studies showed that electricity consumption of products subject to this Regulation can be significantly reduced. Mercury emitted in the different life cycle phases of the lamps, including from use-phase electricity generation and from the 80 % of compact fluorescent lamps containing mercury which are presumed not to be recycled at the end of life, has been estimated to be 2,9 tonnes in 2007 from the installed stock of lamps. Without taking specific measures, the mercury emissions of the installed lamp stock is predicted to increase to 3,1 tonnes in 2020 while it has been demonstrated that it can be significantly reduced.