Since the invention of the commercial ballast, lighting products has experienced rapid development. Over the hundred years, for all lighting products including incandescent lamps, compact fluorescent lamps and to today's latest technology, LED lighting, The basic fundamentals of testing methods and requirements are same which requires Safety and EMC requirement while due to technology advancement and environmental concerns, additional requirements are now needed for Energy Efficiency and Performance testing. This document will detail the basic
requirements for most of the lighting products available in the market today.
Safety and EMC
In Europe, your product needs to carry the CE Mark at least before it can be sold on the market. The mandatory requirements for Europe are compliance with the following Directives:
· 2006/95/EC - Electrical Equipment designed for use with Certain Limits (A CE Marking Directive)
· 2001/95/EC - General Product Safety
· 2004/108/EC - Electromagnetic compatibility (A CE Marking Directive)
· 2006/25/EC - Optical radiations (Implementation by Member States by 27 April 2010)
New requirements for ensuring Photo-biological safety (EN 62471), especially with new LED technology being incorporated into luminaires in recent years, is also incumbent on luminaire manufacturers to quantify such a risk within their products.
The main standards for luminaire exporting to North America and European Union:
Product Type |
North America |
European Union |
Safety |
EMC |
Safety |
EMC |
Lamp ballast |
UL 935 |
FCC Part 15
Subpart B
FCC Part 18 |
EN 61347 |
EN 55015
EN 61547
EN 61000-3-2
EN 61000-3-3 |
Self Ballast Lamp |
UL 1993 |
EN 60968 |
LED Lamp |
UL 8750
UL 1993 |
EN 60968
EN 62031
EN 62471 |
Portable Purpose Luminaire
Street Lamp |
UL 153
UL 1598 |
EN 60598-2-4
EN 60598-2-3 |
Fixed Luminaire |
UL 1598
UL 8750 |
EN 60598-2-1
EN 62031
EN62471 |
Some products may require additional standards other than those listed above. To acquire the full applicable standards for your product, please contact our Hamllon representatives.
Energy Efficiency
Europe: ErP - Energy-related Products
ErP, Energy-related Products, is a European mandatory requirement for lighting products
a）ErP Directive: Non-Directional Household Lamps Implementing Measure EC Reg No. 244/2009
· Effective since 13 April 2009
· All incandescent lamps will be phased out from the EU market in 4 stages, finishing in 2012
· Stages 5 and 6, which are effective in September of 2013 and 2016 respectively, focus on more
ambitious functionality requirements and raising the minimum level to class B for clear lamps, and
phasing out class C retrofit halogen lamps
b）ErP Directive: Street & Office Lighting Implementing Measure EC Reg No.245/2009
The EU has also released the Implementing Measure for Office & Public Street Lighting, which became
effective on 13 April 2009. It covers:
· Fluorescent lamps without integrated ballast
· High-intensity discharge lamps
· Ballasts and luminaires able to operate such lamps
United States: ENERGY STAR & Lighting facts label
ENERGY STAR
· Voluntary program for US
· Relevant Performance Standards for LED
Focus on:
· Lumen Output · Luminaire Efficacy · Power Input
· Correlated Color Temperature · Color Rendering Index
Energy Lighting facts label
· Follow same testing standard as ENERGY STAR
· Requires essential product information be disclosed to help luminaire manufacturers and others in
the supply chain validate their product performance claims
· Lighting Facts Label can be applied to any lighting product for general illumination purposes. Label
design is different for LED lighting
· No cost for labeling |
