The exorbitant fees charged by some localities look more like taxes than honest calculations to simply recover the cost of ensuring an installation meets local codes.

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Although demand for LED technology was growing globally, we found that market potential in Russia was next to zero because out-dated sanitary regulations and construction codes prohibited the installation of LED lighting in houses, offices and other places of residence.

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