Isn there a risk that there will be shortages of alternative lamp types when incandescent bulbs will be phased out?
The International Energy Agency has gathered evidence (to be published soon) that the phase-out of incandescent lamps is unlikely to lead to worldwide shortages of compact fluorescent lamps. As most of the compact fluorescent lamps in Europe are imported from third countries, there is very little probability of shortages to occur. When it comes to efficient halogen lamps, the calendar of the phase-out in the regulation has been developed in a way to ensure that lamp manufacturers have the time to convert their incandescent lamp production lines to improved halogen lamp production.
