light emitting diodes 28 on the lamp side via a radius r the end faces 36 of the extenders 66 68 are designed to be axially drawn back with respect to a horizontal section 70 of the discharge tube 64 so that the light emitting diodes 28 according to the invention are arranged in the region of the cold spots 30 of the discharge tube 64 fig5 shows an exemplary embodiment of the lamp arrangement 1 according to the invention in which the discharge vessel 8 is formed by two discharge tubes 72 74 which are arranged next to one another and which each have two longitudinal tube sections 18 20 running parallel to one another see fig2 the two u shaped discharge tubes 72 74 are arranged next to one another in such a way that the two longitudinal tube sections 18 20 each lie in planes running parallel to one another the interiors of the discharge tubes 72 74 communicating via a hollow connecting web 76 so that a single cohesive discharge space 78 is produced in the exemplary embodiment shown in fig5 the lamp arrangement 1 has an energy store which is in the form of a rechargeable battery 80 and is used for operating the compact fluorescent lamp 2 and the light emitting diode 28 for example in the event of failure of the.