So, all halogen lamps are due to be banned in 2016 as part of the EU's long schedule to move to energy efficient lamps. A lot of the original push for this came from the EU lighting industry which was keen to move people to more profitable products.
Well, it seems the EU lighting industry is changing it's mind, although the EU isn't changing it's mind as yet. The lighting industry wants the halogen ban pushed back to 2020, claiming that LEDs will not be ready by 2016.
Lighting market experts are claiming this is because the EU lighting industry is going to see its profits plummet. People won't pay the higher prices EU manufacturers charge for LED lamps, still expecting lamps to cost £1 regardless of the efficiency or lifetime expectations. This means the market will go to China. Furthermore, the life of LED lamps by then is expected to be 20 years, so the product volume will be vastly smaller than halogens. The halogen lamp market is still profitable for EU lighting industry, and they will see that vanish overnight.
So in a bizzare move which would seem to rubbish their own LED products, they are are now trying to stop the EU going ahead with the halogen ban in 2015, which they pushed so hard for 10 years earlier.