Activities of Erik BÁNKI related to 2012/0305(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Fluorinated greenhouse gases (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated greenhouse gases PDF (521 KB) DOC (810 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated greenhouse gases
Amendments (44)
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a Scope 1. This Regulation shall apply to the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases in the EU, with the exception of the cases specified in paragraph 2. 2. This Regulation shall not apply to the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases for healthcare purposes, electric power generation, transmission and distribution, airspace applications and the production of industrial gases.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)
(16 a) 'commercial refrigeration means refrigeration used in retail sales units.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Additional bans on the placing on the market of new equipment for refrigeration, air-conditioning and fire protection that operate using specific fluorinated greenhouse gases should only be introduced where suitable alternatives to the use of those substances are available. In the light of future technical developments and the availability of cost-efficient alternatives to the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, the Commission should be empowered to include other products and equipment or to exclude, also temporarily,exclude certain categories of products or equipment for which alternative substances which fall below the specified global warming potential limit are temporarily not available for technical or economic reasons, including insufficient supply of alternative substances on the market to meet the demand, or due to applicable safety standards excluding the use of relevant alternatives.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 amending the list set out in Annex III to include other products and equipment that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential of 150 or more, or that rely on them to work, if it has been established that alternatives to the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases or to the use of specific types of fluorinated greenhouse gases are available, and their use would result in lower overall greenhouse gas emissions and to exclude, where appropriate for a specified period of time, certain categories of products or equipment for which alternative substances which fall below the specified global warming potential limit are temporarily not available for technical, economic or safety reasons.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the following sectors of use: - applications in the healthcare sector (including in particular medical and pharmaceutical applications); - aerospace applications (including in particular fire suppression systems and fire extinguishers in airplanes); - electric power generation, transmission and distribution applications; - cryogenic applications; - production of industrial gases.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Such bans should only be introduced where they will result in significantly lower overall greenhouse gas emissions, in particular from both the leakage of any fluorinated greenhouse gases and the CO2 emissions resulting from their energy consumption. Equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases should thus be allowed if their overall greenhouse gas emissions are less than those that would result from an equivalent equipment without fluorinated greenhouse gases, which has the maximum allowed energy consumption set out in relevant implementing measures adopted under Directive 2009/125/EC (Ecodesign).
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, or of mixtures that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases, with a global warming potential of 2500 or more, to service or maintain stationary refrigeration equipment designed for an operating temperature of -50 Celsius or above and with a charge size equivalent to 50 tonnes of CO2 or more, shall be prohibited from 1 January 2020.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Gradually reducing the placing on the market of the EU of hydrofluorocarbons has been identified as the most effective, cost- efficient way of reducing emissions of those substances in the long term.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) To implement the gradual reduction of the placing on the market of the EU of hydrofluorocarbons, the Commission should allocate quotas to individual producers and importers for placing them on the market in order that the overall quantitative limit for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market in the Union is not exceeded. The gradual reduction shall not concern hydrofluorocarbons used for specific purposes where alternative substances are not available for technical, economic or safety reasons.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to take technological progress and the development of markets affected by this Regulation into account, and to ensure compliance with international agreements, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission with regard to the following: specifying requirements for standard leakage checks; extending the list of equipment subject to mandatory recovery of fluorinated greenhouse gases; specifying minimum requirements and the conditions for the mutual recognition of training programmes for persons who install, maintain, repair or decommission the equipment and who check leaks and recover fluorinated greenhouse gases, and for the certification of those persons and of companies that perform such tasks; amending labelling requirements; prohibiting the placing on the market of more products and equipment that contain or rely on fluorinated greenhouse gases; amending the maximum quantities of hydrofluorocarbons that may be placed on the market and exempting the supply of hydrofluorocarbons for specific critical uses from the quota requirement for health and safety reasons; determining the rules for recalculating reference values for the placing on the market of hydrofluorocarbons by individual undertakings and amending or supplementing the mechanism for the allocation of quotas; revising the thresholds for reporting requirements; establishing requirements for the reporting systems on emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases and the use of the data on emissions collected by the Member States; including other substances with a significant global warming potential in the lists of substances covered by this Regulation and updating the lists on the basis of new scientific findings, in particular the global warming potential of the substances listed in the annexes to the Regulation.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the following sectors of use: - applications in the healthcare sector (including in particular medical and pharmaceutical applications); - aerospace applications (including in particular fire suppression systems and fire extinguishers in airplanes); - electric power generation, transmission and distribution applications; - cryogenic applications; - production of industrial gases.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article -1 a (new)
Article -1 a (new)
Article -1a Scope 1. This Regulation shall apply to the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases in the EU, with the exception of the cases specified in paragraph 2. 2. This Regulation shall not apply to the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases for healthcare purposes, electric power generation and transmission, airspace applications and the production of industrial gases.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
This Article shall not apply to a) hydrofluorocarbons imported into the Union to be destroyed. b) hydrofluorocarbons placed on the EU market for the following sectors of use: - applications in the healthcare sector (including in particular medical and pharmaceutical applications); - aerospace applications (including in particular fire suppression systems and fire extinguishers in airplanes); - electric power generation, transmission and distribution applications; - cryogenic applications; - production of industrial gases.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘operator’ means the natural or legal person possessing the equipment and systems covered by this Regulation that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential equivalent to 5 tonnes of CO2 or more and exercising actual power over the technical functioning of them;
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. This Article shall not apply to hydrofluorocarbons placed on the EU market for the following sectors of use: - applications in the healthcare sector (including in particular medical and pharmaceutical applications); - aerospace applications (including in particular fire suppression systems and fire extinguishers in airplanes); - electric power generation, transmission and distribution applications; - cryogenic applications; - production of industrial gases.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)
(16a) ‘commercial refrigeration’ means refrigeration used in retail sales units.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Where a leak in the equipment has been repaired, the operators shall ensure that the equipment is checked by certified persons or by automatic monitoring within one month after the repair to verify that the repair has been effective.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – table - row 10a (new)
Annex III – table - row 10a (new)
Commercial refrigeration equipment that 1 January 2017 contains fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 2500 or more
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – table - row 10b (new)
Annex III – table - row 10b (new)
Stationary commercial refrigeration 1 January 2025 equipment that contains fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 150 or more
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) installing, servicing, maintaining, repairing or decommissioning equipment referred to in Article 3(1), including when such equipment contains alternatives to fluorinated greenhouse gases;
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Operators of equipment that contains fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential equivalent to 5 tonnes of CO2 or more not contained in foams shall ensure that the equipment is checked for leakage. However, equipment with hermetically sealed systems which are labelled as such, containing fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential equivalent to less than 10 tonnes CO2, shall not be subject to leak checks under this Article.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This paragraph shall apply to operators of electrical switchgear that contains SF6 and to operators of the equipment referred to in Article 3(2).
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) persons who install, service, maintain, repair or decommission of the equipment listed in the third subparagraph of Article 3(1) including when such equipment contains alternatives to fluorinated greenhouse gases;
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 amending the list set out in Annex III to include other products and equipment that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential of 150 or more, or that rely on them to work, if it has been established that alternatives to the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases or to the use of specific types of fluorinated greenhouse gases are available, and their use would result in lower overall greenhouse gas emissions and to exclude, where appropriate for a specified period of time, certain categories of products or equipment for which alternative substances which fall below the specified global warming potential limit are temporarily not available for technical, economic or safety reasons.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the following sectors of use: - applications in the healthcare sector (including in particular medical and pharmaceutical applications); - aerospace applications (including in particular fire suppression systems and fire extinguishers in airplanes); - electric power generation and transmission applications; - cryogenic applications; - production of industrial gases.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Based on due consideration of the strategic nature of certain activities and the specificities of local climate, the competent authorities of the Member States are entitled to authorize temporary derogations from the prohibitions set out in Annex III for a maximum of 12 months. In the case of each derogation, the competent authority shall inform the European Commission about the reasons motivating the decision.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Foams that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases shall not be placed on the market unless the fluorinated greenhouse gases are identified with a label using the accepted industry designation or, if no such designation is available, the chemical name. They bear a label shall clearly indicateing that the foam contains fluorinated greenhouse gases according to the EU legislation in force.
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the following sectors of use: - applications in the healthcare sector (including in particular medical and pharmaceutical applications); - aerospace applications (including in particular fire suppression systems and fire extinguishers in airplanes); - electric power generation and transmission applications; - cryogenic applications; - production of industrial gases.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Based on due consideration of the strategic nature of certain activities and the specificities of local climate, the competent authorities of the Member States are entitled to authorize temporary use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, or of mixtures that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases, with a global warming potential above the threshold of 2500 referred to in paragraph 3, for a maximum period of 12 months. Competent authorities shall inform the European Commission about the reasons motivating their decision.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. The use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, or of mixtures that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases, with a global warming potential of 2500 or more, to service or maintain stationary refrigeration equipment designed for an operating temperature of -50°C or above and with a charge size equivalent to 50 tonnes of CO2 or more, shall be prohibited from 1 January 2020.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. This Article shall not apply to a) hydrofluorocarbons imported into the Union to be destroyed. b) hydrofluorocarbons placed on the EU market for the following sectors of use: - applications in the healthcare sector (including in particular medical and pharmaceutical applications); - aerospace applications (including in particular fire suppression systems and fire extinguishers in airplanes); - electric power generation and transmission applications; - cryogenic applications; - production of industrial gases.
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. By 31 October 2014 the Commission shall determine, by means of implementing decisions, for each producer or importer having reported data under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 a reference value based on the annual average of the quantities of hydrofluorocarbons the producer or importer reported to have produlaced or importedn the EU market from 2008 to 2011. For the purposes of determining the reference value, no account shall be taken of quantities reported in excess of the quota. The reference values shall be calculated in accordance with Annex V to this Regulation.
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. This Article shall not apply to hydrofluorocarbons placed on the EU market for the following sectors of use: - applications in the healthcare sector (including in particular medical and pharmaceutical applications); - aerospace applications (including in particular fire suppression systems and fire extinguishers in airplanes); - electric power generation and transmission applications; - cryogenic applications; - production of industrial gases.
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
No later than 31 December 2020, the Commission shall publish a report on the availability of hydrofluorocarbons on the Union market, in particular for medical applications, and the feasibility of a phase- down plan concerning foams containing fluorinated greenhouse gases.
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 3 - second part
Annex III – row 3 - second part
3. Fire protection systems that contain HFC-23 1 January 2015deleted deleted and fire extinguishers
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 10 a (new)
Annex III – row 10 a (new)
10a. Commercial refrigeration equipment 1 January 2017 that contains fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 2500 or more
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 10 b (new)
Annex III – row 10 b (new)
10b. Stationary commercial refrigeration 1 January 2025 equipment that contains fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 150 or more
Amendment 337 #
11. Refrigerators and freezers that contain HFCs with GWP 1 January 20179 for the storage, display or of 2500 or more distribution of products in retail and food service ("commercial use") - hermetically sealed systems
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 11 - second part
Annex III – row 11 - second part
Refrigerators and freezers for that contain HFCs with GWP 1 January 20202 the storage, display or of 150 or more distribution of products in retail and food service ("commercial use") - hermetically sealed systems
Amendment 391 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – row 3
Annex V – row 3
2018–20 63 % 75%
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – row 4
Annex V – row 4
2021–23 45 % 50 %
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – row 5
Annex V – row 5
2024–26 31 % 44 %
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – row 6
Annex V – row 6
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – row 7
Annex V – row 7