#SaveStageLighting: EU parliament votes for exemption
An amendment tabled by the UK's Ashley Fox has won the approval of his fellow MEPs, showing the European Commission can "no longer ignore" concerns over new lighting regs
News By | 7 June 2018
Members of the European Parliament (MEP) have handed an early victory to campaigners against the EU’s proposed new Ecodesign directive – which critics argue would cause venues across Europe to go dark – by voting to maintain the current exemption for the entertainment sector.
Venues and industry associations last month warned some of the continent’s best-loved music venues and theatres face a blackout post-2020, under plans to regulate stage lighting under the same environmental rules that govern those sold for…
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