I hope it'll be enforced, not like incandescent lightbulbs, which, months after the ban, became available again in every store as a light source "for basements and garages", with a label that says "do not use at home!".

Where did that happen? I don't see incandescent lightbulbs anywhere here.

In Poland. They're less popular now, but (as of ~1 year ago, which was the last time I cared to notice) you can still buy them everywhere you used to.

In Switzerland you can buy them as "heat lamps".

Switzerland is not part of the EU though.

No, but a lot of the restrictions (including the ban of incandescent bulbs) apply in Switzerland too: http://www.w-f.ch/wfch/de/eh/fachinfos/normen_und_verordnung...

What's wrong with that? If somebody wants to pay more for electricity, why not let them? And besides, they have significantly different light spectrum.

The price for electricity rarely prices in negative externalities like increased pollution.

I believe in UK there was some sort of regulatory u-turn on the matter, following the usual tabloid-fuelled outcry.