TO PROMULGATE THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL REGULATION ON LED LIGHTING PRODUCTS
On September 25, 2019, the Ministry of Science and Technology promulgates the Circular No. 08/2019/TT-BKHCN on providing “National technical regulation on LED lighting products”.
To be specific, to issue with this Circular the National technical regulation on LED lighting products (QCVN 19:2019/BKHCN). Accordingly, LED technology is a light-emitting technology that uses diodes that can emit light wavelengths when electricity is passed, which can be infrared, ultraviolet or visible light.
LED luminaires (including fixed common LED luminaires and mobile common LED luminaires) shall have to comply with the regulations in the TCVN 7722-1:2017 (IEC 60598-
1:2014/AMD1:2017) Luminaires - Part 1: General requirements and tests). At the same time, depending on the use of design, each type of LED luminaires must comply with the corresponding part of the TCVN 7722-2.
Self-ballasted LED lamps for general lighting purposes shall comply with the provisions of the TCVN 8782:2017 (IEC 62560:2011+AMD1:2015) Double-headed LED lamps designed to replace straight tube fluorescent lamps shall comply with the provisions of the TCVN 11846:2017 (IEC 62776:2014)
This Circular takes effect from December 31, 2019.
