Dated 14th December, 2012, the EU officially released the (EU) NO 1194/2012rules <Implementing rules of the European Parliament and the EU Council Directive 2009/125/EC on the eco-design requirements of directional lights, LED lights and related equipment requirements>.Compared with <European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/32/EC implementing rules for non-directional household lamps eco-design requirements> which posted by theEuropean Commission Regulation (EC) NO 244/2009 Regulations dated 18th March, 2009, the new rules have complete mandatory and eco-design requirements. Start and Run-up time as the two indicators functional requirements in the industry has been more emphasis by manufacturers.

To meet EU ErP requirements, IEC60969 Self-ballasted Lamps for General Lighting Services Performance requirements and Energy Star about Lamp Start, Run-up Time and Flicker Test. LISUN developed ErP test system, the LSRF-1 system hardware include following LISUN insruments: PH3000, IS-1.5MA, SLS-50W and LSP-500VAC; the software include the Lamp Start, Run-up Time and Lamp Flick Test.