Policy Details

Directive 2010-30-EU
Source
The strategy includes the mandatory phase-out of incandescent and halogen lamps by 2016, MEPS and labeling for all lighting technologies following the EU directives, large scale CFL and LED lamp distribution programmes, six million lamps in total; along with an extensive communications campaign; and the design of a lamp collection and recycling legislation and infrastructure in Tunisia. The elimination of lamps in power is less than 100,The taxation of lamps by 50 percent to make economic lamps more competitive, The follow-up of this program for the elimination of other power. Launched program of 600 million incandescent lamps by LED lamps from 2017, as soon as the appearance of the decree ETF -Energy Transition Fund; which will subsidize this program.

A tax is applied on the lamps to be introduced in January 2017, lamps containing mercury, in order to finance a program for the collection and recycling of used lamps in cooperation with ANGED.

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Africa
Tunisia
Mandatory
Comparative Label
Minimum Performance Standard
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Entered into force & Adopted
Adopted
Updated by CLASP

Fuel Types

Electricity

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Products Covered

Non-Directional lamps