Dated 14th December, 2012, the EU officially released the (EU) NO 1194/2012rules<Implementing rules of the European Parliament and the EU Council Directive 2009/125/EC on the eco-design requirements of directional lights, LED lights and related equipment requirements>.Compared with<European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/32/EC implementing rules for non-directional household lamps eco-design requirements>which posted by theEuropean Commission Regulation (EC) NO 244/2009 Regulations dated 18th March, 2009, the new rules have complete mandatory and eco-design requirements. Start and Run-up time as the two indicators functional requirements in the industry has been more emphasis by manufacturers.
