
Article 1 
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 244/2009 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the first day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 September 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 18 September 2009.
For the Commission
Andris PIEBALGS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Table 5 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 244/2009 is replaced by the following:
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Functionality parameter Stage 1 Stage 5
Rated lamp lifetime ≥ 1 000 h ≥ 2 000 h
Lumen maintenance ≥ 85 % at 75 % of rated average lifetime ≥ 85 % at 75 % of rated average lifetime
Number of switching cycles ≥ four times the rated lamp life expressed in hours ≥ four times the rated lamp life expressed in hours
Starting time < 0,2 s < 0,2 s
Lamp warm-up time to 60 % Φ ≤ 1,0 s ≤ 1,0 s
Premature failure rate ≤ 5,0 % at 100 h ≤ 5,0 % at 200 h
Lamp power factor ≥ 0,95 ≥ 0,95'
