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This Regulatory Impact Statement seeks decision on the proposal to regulate inefficient lighting products including incandescent, CFL and ELVCs, at the retail level in Australia from no earlier than 1 November 2009.

The Australian government has taken a policy decision to phase out the use of incandescent light bulbs in conventional light fittings in favour of more energy-efficient light globes based on compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) technology. These CFLs use essentially the same technology as linear fluorescent tubes which have been used in both domestic…

This Regulatory Impact Statement was prepared with the assistance of Syneca Consulting and Beletich Associates. This Committee reports to the Ministerial Council on Energy, comprising the energy ministers of the Australian federal, state and territory governments, and of the New Zealand government.

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This presentation was delivered by Roberto Gonzalez of Ahorro Energia in 2008.

This press release was issued by the Honourable Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources on the 20 February, 2007.