1 Amendments of Brian SIMPSON related to 2012/0305(COD)
Amendment 80 #
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 refrigeration equipment with a charge size equivalent to 50 tonnes of CO2 or more, shall be prohibited from 1 January 2020. This provision shall not apply to reclaimed fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential of 2500 or more used for the maintenance and servicing of existing refrigeration equipment. Such reclaimed gases should be properly labelled in accordance with Article 10 (5). This provision shall not apply to recycled fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential of 2500 or more used for the maintenance and servicing of existing refrigeration equipment provided they have been recovered from such equipment. Such recycled gases may only be used by the undertaking which carries out their recovery as part of maintenance and servicing or the undertaking for which the recovery was carried out as part of maintenance and servicing.