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<p>Responsibility for energy-using products policy, including negotiations for product-specific
regulations under the Ecodesign for Energy-related Products Directive, was transferred
from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Department of Energy
and Climate Change on 3rd March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>There are no provisions allowing
the European Commission or individual Member States to create exemptions from Regulation
244/2009, which phases out of incandescent bulbs.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has been proactive
in pressing to ensure EU policy and legislation takes full account of the potential
health implications of artificial lighting, and has raised the issue in two recent
meetings in Brussels. EC regulation 244/2009 will be reviewed later this year and
we will continue to press for potential health implications to be considered.</p><p>
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