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Status report of the Task Force on Substitutes/Retrofits
Document GRE-82-17/Rev.2
25 October 2019
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5. | UN Regulations Nos. 37 (Filament lamps), 99 (Gas discharge light sources), 128 (Light emitting diodes light sources) and the Consolidated Resolution on the common specification of light source categories

21. The expert of the Task Force on Substitutes and Retrofits (TF SR) presented their progress report (GRE-82-17-Rev.2) and sought the consent of GRE for the following activities of TF SR:

  • Not include Light Emitting Diode (LED) retrofits in UN Regulation No. 128.
  • Make UN Regulation No. 37 performance based and technology neutral by amending its scope to also include other light generating technologies, e.g. LED.
  • Allow interchange of light sources in the same category, as approved according to UN Regulation No. 37, independent of the technology used for light generation.

22. GRE agreed to the above activities.

Relates to RE5: Light-source specifications | UN R37 | UN R48 | UN R128 |