SIST EN 60901:2001/FprA6:2014/oprAA:2017

Single-capped fluorescent lamps - Performance specifications

2016-01-19: If the vote is accepted update directive information in mother standard.
To be merged with PR=24530

Einseitig gesockelte Leuchtstofflampen - Anforderungen an die Arbeitsweise

Lampes à fluorescence à culot unique - Prescriptions de performances

Fluorescenčne sijalke z enim vznožkom - Specifikacije lastnosti

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 28-Feb-2017
• ICS: 29.140.30 - Fluorescent lamps. Discharge lamps
• Technical Committee: IESV - Lamps and related equipment
• Current Stage: 98 - Abandoned project (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 14-Oct-2019
• Due Date: 19-Oct-2019
• Completion Date: 14-Oct-2019
• Directive: Not Harmonized2009/125/EC - 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 energy-related products
• Directive:

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  Not Harmonized2010/30/EU - DIRECTIVE 2010/30/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 19 May 2010 on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products (recast)
• Directive:

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  Not Harmonized245/2009 - Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2009 of 18 March 2009 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for fluorescent lamps without integrated ballast, for high intensity discharge lamps, and for ballasts and luminaires able to operate such lamps, and repealing Directive 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
• Directive:

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  Not Harmonized874/2012 - Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 874/2012 of 12 July 2012 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of electrical lamps and luminaires
• Mandate: M/485 - Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI for standardisation in the field of fluorescent lamps, high-intensity discharge lamps, ballasts and luminaires able to operate such lamps
• Mandate: M/495 - Standardisation mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI under Directive 2009/125/EC relating to harmonised standards in the field of Ecodesign
• Ref Project: EN 60901:1996/FprA6:2014/prAA:2016 - Single-capped fluorescent lamps - Performance specifications

Relations

• Amends: SIST EN 60901:2001/A6:2019 - Single-capped fluorescent lamps - Performance specifications (IEC 60901:1996/A6:2014)
• Effective Date: 30-Jul-2014

Overview

SIST EN 60901:2001/FprA6:2014/oprAA:2017 provides performance specifications for single-capped fluorescent lamps. As a draft amendment established by CLC/TC 34A (Lamps) under the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC), this standard aligns with essential requirements of EU directives, ecodesign, and energy labelling regulations. The document is intended to harmonize European performance and testing requirements for single-capped fluorescent lamps with existing international standards and EU regulations, providing a clear framework for manufacturers, regulators, and market surveillance bodies.

This standard supports conformity to EC Regulation 245/2009, concerning eco-design requirements, and EU Regulation 874/2012, concerning energy labelling for lighting products. It includes normative and informative annexes defining the relationship between the standard and these regulations.

Key Topics

• Lamp Performance Specifications: Sets out essential test methods for lamp efficacy, luminous flux, chromaticity, color temperature, and color rendering index.
• Test Methods & Parameters:
  • Luminous flux and lamp power measured under specified conditions.
  • Calculation of lamp efficacy (lm/W) based on luminous flux and consumed power.
  • Color properties determined per CIE publications.
• Lamp Lumen Maintenance Factor (LLMF): Defines the ratio of lamp light output at a specified time to initial output, indicating performance over the lamp’s lifetime.
• Lamp Survival Factor (LSF): Measures the proportion of lamps still operating after a defined test period, ensuring product reliability.
• Mercury Content Measurement: Specifies testing methods for mercury content, using approved European standards (e.g., EN 62321-4, EN 62554).
• Product Compliance: Details procedures for demonstrating conformity to EU eco-design and energy labelling regulations, aiding market access and surveillance.

Applications

SIST EN 60901:2001/FprA6:2014/oprAA:2017 is applicable primarily to:

• Manufacturers and Importers: Ensures product compliance with harmonized European requirements for performance and environmental regulations. Supports CE marking and facilitates access to EU markets.
• Certification and Regulatory Bodies: Provides a consistent and transparent basis for assessing conformity, market surveillance, and enforcement actions on single-capped fluorescent lamps.
• Lighting Designers and Specifiers: Enables accurate comparison of lamp performance for building installations and retrofits, supporting informed product selection for energy efficiency and lighting quality.
• Laboratories and Test Houses: Sets clear guidelines for performance measurement, including photometric and colorimetric testing as well as mercury content evaluation.

Related Standards

SIST EN 60901:2001/FprA6:2014/oprAA:2017 is closely linked to several other international and European standards, promoting a harmonized approach to lamp performance and safety:

• IEC 60901 – International equivalent for single-capped fluorescent lamps
• EN 61199 – Safety specifications for single-capped fluorescent lamps
• EN 60081 – Performance specifications for double-capped fluorescent lamps
• EN 13032-1 – Photometric data measurement and presentation
• EN 62321-4 – Methods for measuring mercury content in lamps
• EN 62554 – Lamp sample preparation for mercury analysis
• EN 60598-1 – General requirements and tests for luminaires

The standard also cross-references Commission Regulations (EC) 245/2009 (eco-design) and (EU) 874/2012 (energy labelling), ensuring compliance with mandatory EU directives.

Summary: SIST EN 60901:2001/FprA6:2014/oprAA:2017 is essential for businesses and organizations involved with single-capped fluorescent lamps, providing clear, harmonized performance specifications that support compliance with European eco-design and energy labelling legislation, thus facilitating improved product quality, energy efficiency, and market acceptance.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Single-capped fluorescent lamps - Performance specifications
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Lampes à fluorescence à culot unique - Prescriptions de performances
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Discharge lamps
SIST EN en
60901:2001/FprA6:2014/oprAA:2017
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
EN 60901:1996/
NORME EUROPÉENNE
FprA6:2014
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
FprAA
December 2016
ICS 29.140.30
English Version
Single-capped fluorescent lamps - Performance specifications
Lampes à fluorescence à culot unique - Prescriptions de Einseitig gesockelte Leuchtstofflampen - Anforderungen an
performances die Arbeitsweise
This draft amendment FprAA, if approved, will modify the European Standard ; it is submitted to CENELEC members for enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2017-03-10.

It has been drawn up by CLC/TC 34A.

If this draft becomes an amendment, CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft amendment was established by CENELEC in three official versions (English, French, German).
A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to
the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
© 2016 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Project: 58957 Ref. No. EN 60901:1996/FprA6:2014/prAA:2016 E

1 European foreword
2 This draft amendment to the draft European Standard EN 60901:1996/FprA6:2014/prAA:2016 was
3 prepared by CLC/TC 34A, Lamps. It contains common modifications to IEC 60901:1996/A6:2014 and
4 is submitted to Enquiry.
5 If approved, this draft amendment will be merged together with EN 60901:1996/FprA6:2014 and both
6 drafts will be published as one single document, i.e. EN 60901:1996/A6:201X (based on
7 IEC 60901:1996/A6:2014, modified), with the implementation dates of this prAA.
8 The following dates are proposed:
– latest date by which the existence of this document has to be (doa) dor + 6 months
announced at national level
– latest date by which this document has to be implemented at (dop) dor + 12 months
national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting with this (dow) dor + 36 months
document have to be withdrawn (to be confirmed or
modified when voting)
9 Clauses, subclauses, notes, tables, figures and annexes which are additional to those in
10 IEC 60901:1996/A6:2014 are prefixed “Z”.
11 This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission
12 and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
13 For the relationship with EU Directive(s) see informative Annexes ZZ, which are an integral part of this
14 document.
15 This standard provides test methods related to parameters as prescribed by EC Regulation 245/2009,
16 and EU Regulation 874/2012 while conformity assessment (sampling, conformity procedures as well
17 as limits) for market surveillance are specified in the text of the above Regulations.
18 Text of prAA to EN 60901:1996/FprA6:2014
19 CONTENTS Add the following annexes:
20 Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with
21 their corresponding European publications
22 Annex ZZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the
23 requirements of Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2009
24 Annex ZZB (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the
25 requirements of Commission Regulation (EU) No 874/2012
27 1.2.Z1 Add the following subclause before 1.3
28 1.2.Z1 Overall statement
29 Where a Commission Regulation specifies limits for parameters these limits shall be
30 used instead of the limits specified in this standard.
31 3.Z1 After 1.4.12 add new definitions 1.4.Z1 up to 1.4.Z3:
32 1.4.Z1
33 efficacy
34 ‘luminous efficacy of a source’, ‘light source efficacy’ or ‘lamp efficacy’ (η )
source
35 quotient of the luminous flux emitted (Ф) by the power consumed by the source
36 (P ). η = Ф / P . Unit: lm/W
source source source
37 Note 1 to entry: The power dissipated by auxiliary equipment such as ballasts is not included in the
38 power consumed by the source.
39 [SOURCE: Regulation 245/2009 Annex II, 1.a)]
40 1.4.Z2
41 lamp lumen maintenance factor (LLMF)
42 ratio of the luminous flux emitted by the lamp at a given time in its life to the initial
43 luminous flux
44 [SOURCE: Regulation 245/2009 Annex II, 1.b)]
45 1.4.Z3
46 lamp survival factor (LSF)
47 fraction of the total number of lamps which continue to operate at a given time under
48 defined conditions and switching frequency
49 [SOURCE: Regulation 245/2009 Annex II, 1.c)]
50 1.5.7 Before the text in 1.5.7, add a new header 1.5.7.Z1
51 1.5.7.Z1 General
52 After 1.5.7.Z1 add new subclauses 1.5.7.Z2 and 1.5.7.Z3
53 1.5.7.Z2 Chromaticity, Colour Temperature and Colour Rendering Index
54 The chromaticity coordinates and correlated colour temperature of an individual lamp
55 shall be calculated according to CIE 15 from a measurement made under the
56 conditions of Annex B.
57 The colour rendering index of an individual lamp shall be calculated according to
58 CIE 13.3 from a measurement made under the conditions of Annex B.
59 1.5.7.Z3 Efficacy
60 The efficacy of an individual lamp shall be calculated from a measurement of luminous
61 flux and power according to the conditions of Annex B.
62 1.5.8 Replace 1.5.8 with new subclauses 1.5.8.Z1 and 1.5.8. Z2
63 1.5.8.Z1 Lamp lumen maintenance factor
64 The lamp lumen maintenance factor of an individual lamp shall be calculated from
65 measurements of its luminous flux made at appropriate times according to the
66 conditions of Annex B. Lamp operation between these measurements shall be as
67 prescribed in Annex C.
68 1.5.8.Z2 Lamp survival
69 The survival of an individual lamp shall be determined by operating lamps under the
70 conditions prescribed in Annex C until the lamp fails to remain alight or delivers low
71 light output (in case of doubt, low light output refers to noticeably less than 50 % of
72 rated light output).
73 1.5.Z1 After 1.5.10 add a new subclause 1.5.Z1
74 1.5.Z1 Mercury content
75 The average mercury content shall be measured in accordance with the CV AAS
76 method as described in EN 62321-4. Lamp sample preparation shall be in accordance
77 with E
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