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This section of IEC 364-7 deals with fixed external lighting installations. NOTE: - External lighting comprises luminaries, wiring system and accessories located outside buildings. The requirements apply particularly to: - lighting installations e.g. for roads, parks, gardens, public places, sporting areas, illumination of monuments and floodlighting; - other equipment incorporation lighting such as telephone kiosks, bus shelters, advertising panels, town plans, road signs. These rules do not apply to: - public lighting installations which are part of public power grid and operated by a public supply authority who is responsible for and has taken all necessary measures regarding safety; - temporary festoon lighting; - road traffic signal systems; - luminaries which are fixed to the outside of a building and are supplied directly from the internal wiring of that building. For lighting installation for swimming pools and fountains, see IEC 364-7-702.