14.12.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 342/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1194/2012 of 12 December 2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for directional lamps, light emitting diode lamps and related equipment (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for aspects of directional lamps, light-emitting diode lamps and related equipment. The study has been developed together with stakeholders and interested parties from the Union and third countries, and the results have been made publicly available. A preparatory study on external power supplies provided a similar analysis for halogen lamp control gear. energy-related products ('), and in particular Article 15(1) (4 Mandatory ecodesign requirements apply to products gy p p X . thereof, placed on the Union market wherever they are installed or used; therefore such requirements cannot be made dependent on the application in which the product is After consulting the Ecodesign Consultation Forum, used. Whereas: (5)  Products subject to this Regulation are designed essen- tially for the full or partial illumination of an area, by - : o replacing or complementing natural light with artificial (1) Directive 2009./125/EC requires the Commission to set liglilt ingorder to penhance %isibility in gthat area. Special ecod.emgn- ref}}nrementls for en(;rgyl—relateéi pr(()iducﬁs Tepres purpyose lamps designed essentially for other éypes of senting significant volumes of sales and trade, having a O o . _F signifigantg environmental  impact and present%ng application, such as traffic signals, terrarium lighting or significant potential for improvement through design in Efcuosrilhzlg ;p phar;(c)zsuCatndincflsrarﬂztiﬁflczfjuﬁs Srlllg? (1))2 terms of their environmental impact, without entailing b pany hg p desi . o thi exCessive Costs. ;u Jelctt.to the ecodesign requirements set out in this egulation. (2)  Article 16(2)(a) of Directive 2009/125/EC provides that n .accordance with th.e b rocedure .refem.ad to_ i (6)  New technologies emerging on the market such as light- Article 19(3) and the criteria set out in Article 15(2), emitting diodes should be subject to this Regulation and after consulting the Ecodesign Consultation Forum, ' the Commission has to, as appropriate, introduce imple- menting measures starting with those products that offer a high potentlal. for cost—effect.we. reduction 9f (7)  The environmental aspects of the products covered that greenhouse gas €missions, SI.ICh as lighting Prodycts mn have been identified as significant for the purposes of this bpth .the domestic ar.ld tertle.lr}./ sectqrs, which include Regulation are energy consumption in the use phase directional lamps, = light-emitting  diode lamps  and along with mercury content and mercury emissions. related equipment. (3 The Commission has carried out a preparatory study to (8)  Mercury emissions in the different phases of the life cycle analyse the technical, environmental and economic () O] L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 10. of the lamps, including from electricity generation in the use phase and from the 80 % of directional compact fluorescent lamps containing mercury which are