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OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated greenhouse gases, amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 517/2014
2023/02/01
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2022/0099(COD)
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Amendments (136)

Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The European Green Deal launched a new growth strategy for the Union that aims to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy. It reaffirms the Commission’s ambition to increase its climate targets and make Europe the first climate- neutral and zero-pollution continent by 2050 and aims to protect the health and well-being of citizens from environment- related risks and impacts. Furthermore, the EU is committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals. and to make the European industry future-proof. Furthermore, the EU is committed to Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘European Climate Law’)1a, the 8th Environmental Action Programme, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals. _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The healthcare industry is a major contributor to harmful pollution, including nearly 5% of all global greenhouse gas emissions1a. With their core mission to support health and healing, all health professionals have a duty to prevent environmental pollution. Environmentally preferable drug and clinical care pathways should be selected when clinically safe. A data driven, iterative process of comparative reporting against best practice standards can be effective in inspiring improvement among individual clinicians and healthcare organisations. To guide improvement and accountability, health systems should measure their emissions of inhaled anaesthetic gases, set reduction targets and timelines, and track progress. _________________ 1a Romanello M, McGushin A, Di Napoli C, etal. The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 27 #
(3) Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council26 was adopted to reverse the increase in fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions. As concluded by an evaluation prepared by the Commission, Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 has led to a year-on- year decrease of fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions. The supply of hydrofluorocarbons (‘HFCs’) has declined by 37 % in metric tonnes and 47 % in terms of tonnes CO2 equivalent from 2015 until 2019. There has also been a clear shift to the use of alternatives with lower global warming potential (‘GWP’) including natural alternatives (for example air, CO2, ammonia, hydrocarbons, water) in many types of equipment that used fluorinated greenhouse gases traditionally. _________________ 26 Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases (OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 195).
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Due to rising HFC emissions globally, Parties to the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (‘the Protocol’) decided in 2016 under the Kigali Amendment29 to implement an HFC phase-down that is to reduce HFC production and consumption by more than 80 % over the next 30 years. This implies that each Party must comply with an HFC consumption and production reduction schedule as well as providing for a licencing system for imports and exports and reporting on HFCs. It is estimated that the Kigali Amendment alone will save up to 0,4°C of additional warming by the end of the century. The global phase-out of fluorinated greenhouse gases in split air conditioners alone is estimated to save up to 0,12 °C of additional warming by the end of the century29a. _________________ 29 Council Decision (EU) 2017/1541 of 17 July 2017 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer, (OJ L 236, 14.9.2017, p. 1). 29a The key role of propane in a sustainable cooling sector, Pallav Purohit et al., Sustainable Science Earth, Athmospheric, and Planetary Science, July 2022.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) To ensure coherence with the reporting requirements under the Protocol, global warming potentials of HFCs should be calculated in terms of the 100-year global warming potential of one kilogram of a gas relative to one kilogram of CO2 based on the Fourthmost recent Assessment Report adopted by the IPCC. For other substances, the most recent IPCC Assessment Report should be used. Where available, the 20- year global warming potential should be provided to match the EU climate targets and to better inform about the climate impacts of the substances covered by this Regulation. The Commission should advocate for an update of the GWP values of fluorinated greenhouse gases in line with the Sixth Assessment Report adopted by the IPCC at the international level.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Given that the production process for some fluorinated compounds can result in significant emissions of other fluorinated greenhouse gases produced as by-products, such by-product emissions should be destroyed or recovered for subsequent use as a condition for the placing of fluorinated greenhouse gases on the market. Producers and importers should be required to document mitigation measures adopted to prevent emissions of trifluoromethane during the production process and proof of the destruction and recovery in line with the best available techniques. The Commission should introduce measures to check and verify these mitigation measures in a risk-based approach.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Despite the high GWP and increasing use of sulfuryl fluoride, the emissions of this fluorinated greenhouse gas have not been regulated or monitored and are also not covered by any reporting requirements under the Paris Agreement. Where alternative treatment methods of wood and wooden products against pest infestation are available, the use of sulfuryl fluoride should be prohibited by 2030. Further, producers of sustainable alternatives to sulfuryl fluoride should be supported in applying for authorisation of their active substances in the Biocidal Product Directive. From 2025, operators should ensure that, if technically feasible, sulfuryl fluoride is recovered after fumigation.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) Member States should ensure that producer responsibility schemes are established for the treatment of end-of-life fluorinated greenhouse gases. The Commission should set out minimum requirements for those producer responsibility schemes, including on collection, reclamation, recycling, disposal facilities, equipment provision to certified technicians, reporting and awareness-raising.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) To encourage the use of technologies with no impact or lower impact on the climate that may involve the use substances that are toxic, flammable or highly pressurized, the training of natural persons who carry out activities involving fluorinated greenhouse gases should cover technologies replacing or reducing the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, including information on energy efficiency aspects and applicable regulations and technical standards. Certification and training programmes established under Regulation (EU) No 517/2014, which may be integrated in national vocational training systems, should be reviewed or adapted enabling technicians to handle alternative technologies safely. Member States should ensure that all of the workforce handling fluorinated greenhouse gases and alternative technologies are fully trained.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) Where suitable alternatives to the use of specific fluorinated greenhouse gases are available, bans should be introduced on the placing on the market of new equipment for refrigeration, air- conditioning, foams, technical aerosols and fire protection that contains fluorinated greenhouse gases or whose functioning relies upon tthat are produced using fluorinated greenhouse gases. Where alternatives are not available or cannot be used for technical or safety reasons, or where the use of such alternatives would entail disproportionate costs or whose functioning relies upon those gases. Where no alternative is available, it should be possible for the Commission to authorise an exemption to allow the placing on the market of such products and equipment for a limited period.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The Commission recognises, in its communication of 14 October 2020, entitled “Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment”, that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) require special attention, considering the large number of cases of contamination of soil and water - including drinking water - in the EU and globally, the number of people affected with a full spectrum of illnesses and the related societal and economic costs. In order to ensure coherence with Union policy and a high level of protection of human health and the environment, and given the availability of non-toxic alternatives, the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases that are also PFAS, whose production produces PFAS or which decompose into PFAS, should not be encouraged by this Regulation.
2022/10/30
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Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) The Commission should request the European standardisation organisations to develop and update relevant harmonised standards to ensure the smooth implementation of the restrictions on placing on the market laid down in this Regulation. Member States should ensure that national standards and building codes are updated to reflect the allowable charge limits of flammable refrigerants, including IEC 60335-2-89 and IEC 60335-2-40 and should report on their efforts to that end and any exceptions to their update.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 c (new)
(13c) The Commission should work in close cooperation with the European Medicines Agency to coordinate a smooth approval process in respect of replacing fluorinated substances in pharmaceutical products with alternatives.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) Non-refillable containers for ozone depleting substancof fluorinated greenhouse gases, should be banned, considering that an amount of refrigerant inevitably remains in these containers when emptied, which is then released into the atmosphere. In this respect, this Regulation should prohibit their import, placing on the market, subsequent supply or making available on the market, use unless for laboratory and analytical uses, and their export. Containers of fluorinated gases should bear a label with information on arrangements for their return for refilling.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) As third countries, particularly developing ones, might not have stringent recovery obligations for fluorinated greenhouse gases nor have the appropriate infrastructure to manage those gases at the end of life, exports of products and equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases and of containers of those gases from the Union to third countries could result in the release of those gases into the atmosphere when the products and equipment are discarded. As part of its global efforts to mitigate climate change, the Union should not permit the export of HFCs with a GWP higher than 2500.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Considering the market value of the allocated quota, it is appropriate to claim a price for its allocation. That price should increase over time in order to provide a stable revenue stream. This avoids a further fragmentation of the market to the detriment of those undertakings that are in need of the HFC supply and already dependent on HFC trade in the declining market. It is assumed that undertakings that decide not to claim and pay any quota, for which they would be entitled in the year(s) prior to the calculation of reference values, have decided to leave the market and thus they do not get a new reference value. The revenue should be used to cover administrative costs and allow for additional investments in Member States to stimulate the training and uptake of natural refrigerants and measures to prevent illegal HFC trade.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) Member States should lay down rules on minimum penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and ensure that they are implemented. Those penalties should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 a (new)
(39a) In its Communication of 14 October 2020 titled “Improving access to justice in environmental matters in the EU and its Member States”, the Commission recognised that access to justice in environmental matters is not guaranteed in all Member States and called on the Council and the European Parliament to introduce explicit access to justice provisions in new and revised Union laws concerning environmental matters. This Regulation contains provisions which create equal conditions of access across the Union to national courts for members of the public who find that their public authorities are not in compliance with the obligations arising from it, in line with the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (the “Aarhus Convention”).
2022/10/30
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Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to the fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annexes I, II and III, whether alone or in a mixture.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation also applies to products, goods and equipment, and parts thereof, containing fluorinated greenhouse gases or whose functioning relies upon those gases.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘placing on the market’ means the supplying or making available, including via the internet, to another person within the Union, for the first time, for payment or free of charge, the customs release for free circulation in the Union, and the use of substances produced or the use of products or equipment manufactured for own use;
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) ‘virgin substances’ means substances which have not previously been used;
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(23) ‘refrigerated truckvehicle’ means a motor vehicle with a mass of more than 3,5 tonnes that is designed and constructed primarily to carry goods via road, rail, air or waterway and that is equipped with a refrigeration unit;
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of providing that evidence, importers and producers shall draw up a declaration of conformity and join supporting documentation with: (a) information on the production facility and the mitigation measures adopted to prevent emissions of trifluoromethane; (b) the proof of availability and operation of the best available abatement technology at the production facility; (c) the proof of mitigation measures adopted to prevent emissions of trifluoromethane, in line with best available techniques; (d) the proof of destruction or recovery of any quantity of emitted trifluoromethane, in line with best available techniques and in accordance with the requirements laid down in Article 8(7). Producers and importers shall keep the declaration of conformity and supporting documentation for a period of at least five years after the placing on the market and make them available, upon request, to national competent authorities and to the Commission.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The Commission mayshall, by means of implementing acts, determine the detailed arrangements relating to and the detailed elements of the declaration of conformity and supporting documentation referred to in the second subparagraph. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with Article 34(2).
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Operators shall ensure that sulfuryl fluoride is captured and recovered after fumigation, unless the recovery is not technically feasible. Operators shall ensure that the recovery is carried out by appropriately qualified natural persons, so that the gas is fully recycled, reclaimed or destroyed. For the purpose of providing evidence of destruction, operators shall draw up a declaration of conformity and join supporting documentation with information on the facility, the proof of availability and operation of the best available recovery technology at the facility, and proof of the measures adopted to recover emissions of sulfuryl fluoride. Where recovery of sulfuryl fluoride is not technically feasible, the operator shall draw up documentation providing evidence of the impossibility of the recovery of sulfuryl fluoride in that specific case. The operator shall retain the declaration of conformity and the supporting documentation for five years and shall make them available, on request, to the competent authorities of a Member State and to the Commission.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
OManufacturers and operators of equipment that contains 5 tonnes of CO2 equivalent or more of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I or 1 kilogram or more of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex II, Section I, not contained in foams, shall ensure that the equipment is checked for leaks, including during their manufacturing.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point c
(c) it contains less than 6 kilograms ofthe equivalent of 2,5 tons CO2 in fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) refrigeration units of refrigerated trucks and traivehiclers;
2022/10/30
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Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) air-conditioning equipment in metros, trains, ships, planes and in road transport vehicles with the exception of those within the scope of Directive 2006/40/EC;
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Operators of equipment which is required to be checked for leaks pursuant to Article 5(1)and manufacturers of equipment and installations that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases or mixtures, shall establish and maintain records for each piece of such equipment specifying the following information:
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) whether the quantities ofrecovered gases have been recycled or reclaimed, and in which quantity, including the name and address in the Union of the recycling or reclamation facility and, where applicable, the certificate number;
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Operators of stationary equipment or of refrigeration units of refrigerated trucks and traivehiclers that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I and Annex II, Section 1, not contained in foams, shall ensure that the recovery of those gases is carried out by natural persons that hold the relevant certificates provided for in Article 10, so and that those gases are recycled, reclaimed or destroyed.
2022/10/30
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Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) the cooling circuits of refrigeration units of refrigerated trucks and traivehiclers;
2022/10/30
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Amendment 96 #
Operators of products and equipment not listed in paragraphs 1, 6 and 7 that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I and Annex II, Section 1, shall arrange for the recovery of the gases, unless it can be established that it is not technically feasible or entails disproportionate life-cycle costs. The operators shall ensure that the recovery is carried out by appropriately qualified natural persons, so that the gases are recycled, reclaimed or destroyed or shall arrange for their destruction without prior recovery.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I, Section 1, and products containing such gases shall only be destroyed by technologies approved by the Parties to the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (‘the Protocol’) or by technologies that are not yet approved, but are environmentally equivalent and comply with Union and national legislation on waste and with additional requirements under such legislation.
2022/10/30
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Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Other fluorinated greenhouse gases for which destruction technologies have not been approved, shall only be destroyed by the most environmentally acceptable destruction technology not entailing excessive costs, and that complyies with Union and national legislation on waste and that meets additional requirements under such legislation are met.
2022/10/30
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Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 8
8. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to supplement this Regulation by establishing a list of products and equipment for which the recovery of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I and Annex II, Section 1, or destruction of products and equipment containing such gases without prior recovery of these gases shall be considered technically and economically feasible, specifying, if appropriate, the technologies to be applied.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall promote the recovery, recycling, reclamation and destruction of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I and Annex II, Section 1.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – title
PExtended producer responsibility schemes
2022/10/30
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Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to existing Union legislation, Member States shall encourage the development of producer responsibility schemes for the recoveryrequire that by 31 December 2027 extended producer responsibility schemes are established for the recovery, recycling, reclamation or destruction of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annexes I and, II and their recycling, reclamation or destructionIII.
2022/10/30
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Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall, by 31 December 2025, adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to supplement this Regulation by setting out minimum requirements for the producer responsibility schemes referred to in paragraph 1, including on collection, reclamation, recycling, disposal facilities, equipment provision to certified technicians, reporting and awareness raising.
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Member States shall ensure that producers and importers of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annexes I and II cover the costs pursuant to the extended producer responsibility provisions in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and, insofar as not already included, cover at least the following costs: (a) the costs of collection, including the provision of accessible collection points, storage and transport; (b) the costs of recycling units for natural persons certified in accordance with Article 10 for the purposes of onsite recycling.
2022/10/30
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Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Member States shall inform the Commission on the actions undertaken.deleted
2022/10/30
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Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) installation, servicing (including retrofitting), maintenance, repair or decommissioning of the equipment listed in Article 5(2), points (a) to (g);
2022/10/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) certification for natural refrigerants (their characteristics and benefits compared to the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, and their safe handling during installation, servicing, maintenance, repair and decommissioning).
2022/10/30
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Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Certificates under the certification programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the condition that the applicant has successfully completed an evaluation process established in accordance with paragraphs 1, 3 and 5, every five years.
2022/10/30
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Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7
7. Existing certificates and training attestations issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 shall remaibe subject to an evalid, in accordance with the conditions under which they were originally issueduation process established in accordance with paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 every five years.
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Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
By 1 January [OP, please insert the date = one year following the entry into force of this Regulation] Member States shall notify the Commission of certification and training programmes. and the number of certified and trained persons for fluorinated greenhouse gases and the relevant alternatives in each sector. Where certification and training for the relevant alternatives falls below a minimum threshold, for each year below that threshold, Member States shall accompany the notification with a plan setting out actions to increase certification and training on the relevant alternatives as from the following calendar year.
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Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission mayshall, by means of implementing acts, determine the minimum threshold and the format of the notification referred to in paragraph 8. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 34(2).
2022/10/30
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Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The placing on the market of goods, products and equipment, including parts thereof, listed in Annex IV, with an exemption for military equipment, shall be prohibited from the date specified in that Annex, differentiating, where applicable, according to the type or global warming potential of the gas contained.
2022/10/30
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Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Two years fFollowing the individual dates listed in Annex IV, the subsequent supply or making available to another party in the Union for payment or free of charge of products or equipment lawfully placed on the market prior to the date referred to in the first subparagraph shall be allowed only if evidence is provided that the product or equipment was placed lawfully on the market prior to the date.
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Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Undertakings which place on the market refillable containers for fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annexes I and II shall produce a declaration of conformity that includes evidence confirming the arrangements in place for the return of that container for the purpose of refilling. They shall keep the declaration of conformity for a period of at least five years after the placing on the market of refillable containers and shall make it available, on request, to the competent authorities of Member States and the Commission. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, supplement this Regulation by determining the details of the declaration of conformity. Such implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with Article 34(2).
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Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) for a specific product or a piece of equipment, or for a specific category of products or equipment, alternatives are not available, or cannot be used for technical or safety reasons no suitable alternative exist; or
2022/10/30
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Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the use of technically feasible and safe alternatives would entail disproportionate costs.deleted
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Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Products or equipment subject to an exemption as referred to in Article 11 (4) shall be labelled accordingly, mentioning the validity period of the exemption, and shall include a reference that those products or equipment may only be used for the purpose for which an exemption under that Article was granted.
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Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) from 1 January 2017, the quantity expressed in weight and in CO2 equivalent of fluorinated greenhouse gases contained in the product or equipment, or the quantity of fluorinated greenhouse gases for which the equipment is designed, and the global warming potential of those gases, both on a 100- and 20-year timescale.
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Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Where relevant, retrofitted products or equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases shall be relabelled with updated information referred to in this paragraph.
2022/10/30
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Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Where relevant, refilled containers of fluorinated greenhouse gases shall be relabelled with updated information as referred to in the first subparagraph.
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Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 8
8. FGoods, product or equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I, II and III and intended for direct export shall be labelled with an indication that the contents of the containery may only be directly exported.
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Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 12
12. Fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I and placed on the market for producing metered dose inhalers for the delivery of pharmaceutical ingredients shall be labelled with an indication that the contents of the container may only be used for that purpose and only for as long as the alternatives are not approved yet. Producers of medical inhalers shall prove that they are actively seeking authorisation of a more climate-friendly alternative.
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Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
From 1 January 2024, the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I, with a global warming potential of 2 500 or more, for the servicing or maintenance of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment is prohibited.
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Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
This paragraph shall not apply to military equipment or equipment intended for applications designed to cool products to temperatures below - 50 °C.deleted
2022/10/30
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Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The use of desflurane as inhalation anaesthetic is prohibited as from 1 January 2026, except when such use is strictly required and no other anaesthetic can be used on medical grounds. The user shall provide evidence, upon request, on the medical justification to the competent authority of the Member State and the Commission. Hospitals where inhalation anaesthetics equivalent to more than 1000 t CO2eq per year are used shall install recovery technology in their operation theatres.
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Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. From 1 January 2030, the use of sulfuryl fluoride for post-harvest fumigation and treatment of wood and wooden products against pest infestation is prohibited, except where such use shall be strictly required for a phytosanitary certificate and no other treatment can be used.
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Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter IV – title
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE AND, REDUCTION OF THE QUANTITY OF HYDROFLUOROCARBONS PLACED ON THE MARKET AND RESTRICTION ON EXPORT OF HYDROFLUOROCARBONS
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Committee: ITRE
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) supplied directly by a producer or an importer for use in military equipment;deleted
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Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) supplied directly by a producer or an importer to an undertaking using it for the etching of semiconductor material or the cleaning of chemicals vapour deposition chambers within the semiconductor manufacturing sector, if there is no climate friendly alternative.
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Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16a Restriction on the export of certain hydrofluorocarbons and of products and equipment containing those hydrofluorocarbons The export of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I, Section 1, with a GWP of 2 500 or more, and of products and equipment containing those gases, shall be prohibited.
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Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The allocation of quotas is subject to the payment of the amount due which equals to three euro for each tonne of CO2 equivalent of quota to be allocatedspecified in Annex VII. Importers and producers shall be notified via the F-gas Portal of the total amount due for its calculated maximum quota allocation for the following calendar year and of the deadline for completing the payment. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, determine the modalities and the detailed arrangements for the payment of the amount due. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in 34(2).
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Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 7
7. The revenue generated from the quota allocation amount shall constitute external assigned revenue in accordance with Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046. That revenue shall be assigned to the LIFE programme and to Heading 7 of the multiannual financial framework (European Public Administration), to cover the costs of external staff working on the management of the quota allocation, IT services, and licensing systems for the purpose of implementation of this Regulation and for ensuring, to support Member States' enforcement of this Regulation, including that related to sale via the internet and the seizure and destruction of illegal fluorinated greenhouse gases, to support the roll-out of alternatives to fluorinated greenhouse gas, particularly in the sectors incurring high mitigation costs, to enhance the related professional skills, and to ensure compliance with the Protocol. Any revenue remaining after covering these costs shall be entered into the general budget of the Union.
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Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Refrigeration, air conditioning and, heat pump equipment and metered dose inhalers charged with hydrofluorocarbons shall not be placed on the market unless hydrofluorocarbons charged into the equipment or product are accounted for within the quota system referred to in this Chapter.
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Committee: ITRE
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
When placing pre-charged equipment or products as referred to in paragraph 1 on the market, manufacturers and importers of equipment or products shall ensure that compliance with paragraph 1 is fully documented and shall draw up a declaration of conformity in this respect.
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Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
By drawing up the declaration of conformity, manufacturers and importers of equipment or products shall assume responsibility for compliance with this paragraph and paragraph 1.
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Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Manufacturers and importers of equipment or products shall keep this documentation and the declaration of conformity for a period of at least five years after the placing on the market of that equipment or products and shall make it available, on request, to the competent authorities of Member States and the Commission.
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Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Where hydrofluorocarbons contained in the equipment or products referred to in paragraph 1 have not been placed on the market prior to the charging of the equipment, importers of that equipment or products shall ensure that, by 30 April [OP: Please insert the year of application of this Regulation] and every year thereafter, the accuracy of the documentation, the declaration of conformity and the veracity of their report pursuant to Article 26 is confirmed, for the preceding calendar year, at a reasonable level of assurance by an independent auditor registered in the F-gas Portal.
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Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. Importers of equipment or products referred to in paragraph 1, which has no establishment in the Union, shall mandate an only representative with an establishment within the Union that assumes the full responsibility of complying with this Regulation. The only representative may be the same as the one mandated pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
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Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6
6. This Article shall not apply to undertakings that placed on the market less than 100 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of hydrofluorocarbons, per year, contained in the equipment or products referred to in paragraph 1.
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Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Undertakings shall have a valid registration in the F-gas Portal prior to the import or export of fluorinated greenhouse gases and products and equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases or whose functioning relies upon those gases except in cases of temporary storage and for the following activities:
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Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) supplying, or receiving hydrofluorocarbons for the purposes listed in points (a) to (ec) of Article 16(2);
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Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
The Commission and competent authorities of the Member States shall ensure the confidentiality of the data included in the F-gas Portal. at the following data included in the F-gas Portal is publicly available: (a) regularly updated quota allocation; (b) information on undertakings receiving a quota transfer and the amount received; (c) a list of registered suppliers; (d) detailed trade data on each import, including point of entry and type of HFC; (e) transhipment data; (f) domestic HFC production data including production for feedstock and facilities that produce HFC-23; and (g) facility-level chemical destruction data.
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Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
The import and export of fluorinated greenhouse gases and products and equipment containing those gases or whose functioning relies upon those gases except in cases of temporary storage, is subject to the presentation of a valid licence to customs authorities pursuant to Article 20(4) and must demonstrate compliance to Article 11(1).
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Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5
5. Where relevant, cCustoms authorities shall communicate information regarding the customs clearance of goods to the F-gas Portal via the European Union Single Window Environment for Customs.
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Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 6
6. Importers of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I and Annex II, Section 1, in refillable containers shall make available to customs authorities, at the time the customs declaration related to the release for free circulation is submitted, a declaration of conformity including evidence confirming the arrangements in place for the return of the container for the purpose of refilling, as referred to in Article 11(3a).
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Committee: ITRE
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Based on risk analysis, when carrying out physical customs controls of the gases and, goods, products and equipment covered under this Regulation, the customs authority shall, in particular, verify the compliance of all following items on imports and exports:
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Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Customs and other enforcement authorities shall destroy confiscated materials and be entitled to claim reimbursement in addition to the penalty from the trader.
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Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2
For other substances and products and equipment covered by this Regulation, if seizure and confiscation of illegal shipments is not an option, alternative measures may be taken to prevent unlawful import, further supply, or export, in particular in cases of hydrofluorocarbons placed on the market in bulk or charged in products and equipment in violation of the quota and authorisation requirements set out in this Regulation.
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Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to supplement this Regulation by establishing additional measures to those set out in this Regulation for the monitoring of fluorinated greenhouse gases and of products and equipment containing those gases or whose functioning relies upon those gases placed under temporary storage, or a customs procedure including customs warehousing or free zone procedure or in transit through the customs territory of the Union, on the basis of an evaluation of the potential risks of illegal trade linked to such movements, including tracing methodologies for gases placed on the market, taking into account the environmental benefits and socio-economic impacts of such measures. Such measures may include a QR-code based system to track and trace fluorinated greenhouse gases and products and equipment containing those gases.
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Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By 31 March [OP: Please insert the year of application of this Regulation], and every year thereafter, each producer, importer and exporter that produced, imported or exported hydrofluorocarbons or quantities exceeding one metric tonne or 100 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of other fluorinated greenhouse gases during the preceding calendar year shall report to the Commission the data specified in Annex IX on each of those substances for that calendar year. This paragraph shall also apply to all undertakings receiving quotas pursuant to Article 21(1).
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Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. By 31 March [OP: Please insert the year of application of this Regulation], and every year thereafter, each undertaking that destroyed hydrofluorocarbons or quantities exceeding one metric tonne or 100 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of other fluorinated greenhouse gases during the preceding calendar year shall report to the Commission the data specified in Annex IX on each of those substances for that calendar year.
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Committee: ITRE
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. By 31 March [[OP: Please insert the year of application of this Regulation], each undertaking that used 1 000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent or more of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I as feedstock during the preceding calendar year shall report to the Commission the data specified in Annex IX on each of those substances for that calendar year.
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Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. By 31 March [OP: Please insert the year of application of this Regulation], each undertaking that placed 100 tonnes of CO2 equivalent or more of hydrofluorocarbons, or 500 tonnes of CO2 equivalent or more of other fluorinated greenhouse gases, contained in products or equipment on the market during the preceding calendar year shall report to the Commission the data specified in Annex IX on each of those substances for that calendar year.
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Committee: ITRE
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6
6. By 31 March [OP: Please insert the year of application of this Regulation], and every year thereafter, each undertaking that reclaimed quantities exceeding 1 metric tonne or 100 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of fluorinated greenhouse gases shall report to the Commission the data specified in Annex IX on each of those substances for that calendar year.
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Committee: ITRE
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 7
7. By 30 April [OP: Please insert the year of application of this Regulation], each importer of equipment that placed on the market pre-charged equipment as referred to in Article 19 containing at least 1 000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent hydrofluorocarbons, and where those hydrofluorocarbons have not been placed on the market prior to the charging of the equipment, shall submit to the Commission a verification report issued pursuant to Article 19(3).
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Committee: ITRE
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 30 April [OP: Please insert the year of application of this Regulation], and every year thereafter, each undertaking which under paragraph 1 reports on the placing on the market of 1 000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent or more of hydrofluorocarbons during the preceding calendar year shall, in addition, ensure that the veracity of its report is confirmed, at a reasonable level of assurance, by an independent auditor. The auditor shall be registered in the F-gas Portal and shall be either:
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Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authorities shall keep records of the checks indicating in particular their nature and results, as well as on the measures taken in case of non- compliance. Records of all checks shall be kept for at least five years. The competent authorities shall also collect the checked trade records and keep the information for at least five years.
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Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Member States shall provide an annual summary of the data collected from the logbooks to the Commission by 1 April of each year. The Commission shall publish an annual summary and assessment of the data received from Member States.
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Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29a Access to justice Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with their national law, members of the public concerned who meet the conditions set out in paragraph 2, including natural or legal persons or their associations, organisations or groups, have access to a review procedure before a court of law, or another independent and impartial body established by law, to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of decisions, acts and omissions that fail to comply with the legal obligations provided for in this Regulation. 1. For the purposes of this paragraph, an act or omission that fails to comply with legal obligations provided for in this Regulation includes an act or omission with respect to a measure adopted for the purposes of implementing those obligations, where that measure fails to make a sufficient contribution to such implementation. 2.Members of the public concerned shall be deemed to meet the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 where: (a) they have sufficient interest; or (b) they maintain impairment of a right, where administrative procedural law of a Member State requires that as a precondition. What constitutes a sufficient interest shall be determined by Member States consistently with the objective of giving the members of the public concerned wide access to justice and in conformity with the Aarhus Convention. To that end, the interest of any non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed to have sufficient interest for the purposes of this paragraph 3. 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not exclude the possibility of being able to have recourse to a preliminary review procedure before an administrative authority and shall not affect the requirement to exhaust administrative review procedures prior to having recourse to judicial review procedures, where such a requirement exists under national law. Any such procedure shall be fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive. 4. Member States shall ensure that practical information is made easily available to the public on access to administrative and judicial review procedures.
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Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
In cases of unlawful production, import, export, placing on the market, or use of fluorinated greenhouse gases or of products and equipment containing those gases or whose functioning relies on those gases, Member States shall envisage maxinimum administrative fines of at least five times the market value of the concerned gases or products and equipment concerned. In case of a repeated infringement within a five- year period, the Member States shall envisage maxinimum administrative fines of at least eight times the value of the gases or products and equipment concerned.
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Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall continuously monitor technological and market developments in relation to the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases and their natural alternatives in the Union. Where the Commission finds evidence of the emergence or acceleration of the use of low GWP fluorinated greenhouse gases or of natural alternatives in products and equipment placed on the Union market, it shall, where appropriate, propose to amend this Regulation by strengthening the prohibitions on the placing on the market of high GWP fluorinated greenhouse gases in the products or equipment concerned.
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Committee: ITRE
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 b (new)
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to amend Annexes I, II and III by moving fluorinated greenhouse gases from Annex III to Annexes I or II or by introducing fluorinated greenhouse gases in Annexes I or II, where it has evidence of the placing on the market of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex III or of fluorinated greenhouse gases not listed in Annexes I, II or III to this Regulation.
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Committee: ITRE
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 10 a (new)
(10a) Domestic refrigerators and freezers that contain 1 January 2025 fluorinated greenhouse gases
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Committee: ITRE
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 11
(11) Refrigerators -that contain HFCs with GWP of 2 500 or 1 January more. 2020 (11) Refrigerators and freezers for commercial use (self-contained -that contain HFCs with GWP of 150 or 1 January equipment) (self-contained more. 2022 equipment) -that contain other fluorinated greenhouse 1 January gases with GWP of 150 or more.. 2024
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Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 12
(12) Any self-contained refrigeration equipment that contains 1 January fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 150 or more.. 2025
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Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 14
1 January (14) Stationary refrigeration equipment, that contains, or whose 1 January 2024 functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 2 2024 500 or more except equipment intended for application designed to cool products to temperatures below – 50 °C.
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Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 17
1 January (17) Plug-in room and other self-contained air-conditioning and 1 January2025 heat pump equipment that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases with 2025 GWP of 150 or more. .
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Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 18 a
(18) Stationary split air-conditioning and split heat pump 1 January equipment : 2025 (a) Single split systems containing less than 3 kg of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I, that contain, or whose functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I with GWP of 750 or more;
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Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 18 b
(b) Split systems of a rated capacity of up to and 1 January including 12 kW containing, or whose functioning relies 2027 relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 150 or more, except when required to meet safety meet safety standards;
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Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 18 c
(c) Split systems of a rated capacity of more than 12 kW and 1 January up to 200 kW containing, or whose functioning relies upon, 2027 upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 750 or or more, except when required to meet safety standards.
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Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 18 ca (new)
(ca) Split systems of a rated capacity of more than 200 kW containing, 1 or whose functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases. January 2027
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Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 19 a (new)
(19a) Foams that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases, or 1 January 2025 whose manufacturing includes use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, except when required to meet national safety standards
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Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 20 a (new)
1 January (20a) Technical aerosols that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases. 2030
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Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 23 a
(23) Installation, and (a) medium voltage switchgear for 1 January 2026 replacement of the primary and secondary distribution up to following electrical 24 kV, with insulating or breaking switchgear: (a) medium voltage switchgear for 2024 retrofitting primary and secondary distribution up to and and including 24 kV, with insulating or replacement of breaking medium using, or whose functioning relies upon, gases with GWP of 10 or more, or with GWP of 2000 or more, unless evidence is provided that no suitable alternative is availabl the following functioning relies upon, fluorinated electrical greenhouse bgased on technical grounds within the lower GWP ranges referred to above;s; switchgear:
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Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 23 b
(b) medium voltage switchgear for primary and secondary 1 January 203026 distribution from more than 24 kV and up to and including 52 kV, with insulating or breaking medium using, or whose functioning relies upon gases with GWP of 10 or more, or with GWP of more than 2000, unless evidence is provided that no suitable alternative is available based on technical grounds within the lower GWP ranges referred to above; relies upon flurionated greenhouse gases
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Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 23 – point c
(c) high voltage switchgear from 52 and up to 145 kV and up toand including 1 January 20287 145 kV and up to 50 kA short circuit current with insulating or breaking medium using, or whose functioning relies upon gases with GWP of 10 or more, or with GWP of more than 2000, unless evidence is provided that no suitable alternative is available based on technical grounds within the lower GWP ranges referred to above; flurionated greenhouse gases
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Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 23
(d) high voltage switchgear of more than 145 kV or more than 1 January 203128 50 kA short circuit current with insulating or breaking medium using, or whose functioning relies upon gases with GWP of 10 or more, or with GWP of more than 2000 unless evidence is provided thatflurionated greenhouse gases unless no suitable alternative is available based on technical grounds within the lower GWP ranges referred to above.
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Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 23 a (new)
1 January (23a) Transport refrigeration in vehicles and reefer containers that 2027 contain, or whose functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases.
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Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 23 b (new)
(23b) Mobile air conditioning in passenger and cargo ships, buses, 1 January 2027 trams, metros and trains that contains, or whose functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases.
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Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 23 c (new)
1 January (23c) Mini chillers that contain, or whose functioning relies upon, 2027 fluorinated greenhouse gases.
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Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 23 d (new)
1 January (23d) Displacement and centrifugal chillers that contain, or whose 2027 functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases.
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Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2
2. The evidencexemption referred to in point 23, may be authorised by the competent authority of a Member State following a substantiated request by an operator. The operator’s request shall include documentation establishproving that following an open call for tender no suitable alternative on technical grounds, given the demonstrated specificities of the application, wasare available that could meet the conditions set out in point 23. The documentation shall be kept by the operator for at least five years and shall be made available to the competent authority of the Member State andcompetent authority shall make the documentation available to the Commission, upon request.
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Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall incentivize the retrofitting and replacement of existing electrical switchgear containing gases with a GWP above 10 through support schemes.
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Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 20286, 6023,2 % of the annual average of its production in 2011-2013;
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Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) from the period 1 January 20297 to 31 December 2033, 3029, 9 % of the annual average of its production in 2011-2013;
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Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) for the period 1 January 20340 to 31 December 20352, 203.9 % of the annual average of its production in 2011-2013;
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Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) for the period 1 January 2036 and thereafter, 15%3 to 31 December 2035, 3.3 % of the annual average of its production in 2011-2013.;
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Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) for the period 1 January 2036 to 31 December 2038, 3.1 % of the annual average of its production in 2011-2013;
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Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) for the period 1 January 2039 to 31 December 2041, 2.8 % of the annual average of its production in 2011-2013;
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Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
(dc) for the period 1 January 2042 to 31 December 2044, 2.6 % of the annual average of its production in 2011-2013;
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Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 1 – point d d (new)
(dd) for the period 1 January 2045 to 31 December 2047, 2.3 % of the annual average of its production in 2011-2013;
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Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 1 – point d e (new)
(de) for the period 1 January 2048 to 31 December 2049, 2 % of the annual average of its production in 2011-2013; and
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Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 1 – point d f (new)
(df) for the period 1 January 2050 and thereafter, 0 % of the annual average of its production in 2011-2013.
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Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – paragraph 4 a (new)
The GWP of mixtures is evaluated at the composition within specified tolerances that lead to the highest GWP.
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Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – subheading 1
MAXIMUM QUANTITIES AND, CALCULATION OF REFERENCE VALUES AND QUOTAS FOR PLACING HYDROFLUOROCARBONS ON THE MARKET, AND QUOTA PRICES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 17
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Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – table
Maximum Quantity Maximum Quantity Years Years in tonnes CO2 equivalent in tonnes CO2 equivalent 2024 – 2026 2024 – 2026 41 701 077 41 039 167 2027 – 2029 17 688 360 15 963 275 2030 – 2032 9 132 097 6 916 849 2033 – 2035 8 445 713 5 794 785 2036 – 2038 6 782 265 5 467 823 2039 – 2041 6 136 732 5 006 355 2042 – 2044 5 491 199 4 544 888 2045 – 2047 4 845 666 4 083 420 2048 onwards 2048 – 2049 4 200 133 3 621 953 2049 onwards
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Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII
Price of quotas for each Maximum Quantity Years Years tonne of CO2 equivalent in tonnes CO2 equivalent (EUR) 2024 – 2026 41 701 077 10 2027 – 2029 17 688 360 23,57 2030 – 2032 9 132 097 45,66 2033 – 2035 8 445 713 49,37 2036 – 2038 6 782 265 61,48 2039 – 2041 6 136 732 67,95 2042 – 2044 5 491 199 75,94 2045 – 2047 4 845 666 86,05 2048 onwards 4 200 133 99,28
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