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Ban on incandescent bulbs [1]

Brussels: The European Union will ban the sale of incandescent light bulbs from 2009, as part of an energy saving plan, EU sources said.

According to current Chair of the EU Energy Ministers Council, French Jean-Louis Borloo, the objective is to gradually replace the market by fluorescent energy-saving bulbs.

Publication Date: 
10/12/2008
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Energy Efficiency [3], CFL [4], Bulbs [5], European Union (EU) [6]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bulbs
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu