Activities of Ladislav ILČIĆ related to 2022/0099(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Fluorinated Gases Regulation - Ozone-depleting substances (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
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
Amendments (36)
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The intentional release of fluorinated substances, where unlawful, is a serious infringement of this Regulation and should be explicitly prohibited; operators and manufacturers of equipment should be obliged to prevent leakage of such substances to the extent possible, including through leak checking of the most relevant equipment, and progressive installation of leakage detection systems, including on residential heat pumps, that would prevent the release of harmful refrigerants into the atmosphere, helping users to minimize their environmental impact, as well as to increase durability and energy efficiency of the appliances.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) To prevent emissions of fluorinated substances, it is necessary to lay down provisions on the recovery of substances from products and equipment and the prevention of leakages of such substances. Foams containing fluorinated greenhouse gases should be treated in accordance with Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.30 Recovery obligations should also be extended to building owners and contractors when removing certain foams from buildings, in order to maximise emissions reductions. Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment schemes in Member States need to be considerably improved to better facilitate the recovery, recycling and reclamation of refrigerants, including from residential heat pumps, that are scheduled to be installed in the amount of 30 million by 2030 in Europe, as envisaged by REPowerEU initiative. _________________ 30 Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p.38).
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Operators of equipment that contains 5 tonnes of CO2 equivalent or more of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I or 13 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.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. As from 1 January 20246, building owners and contractors shall ensure that during renovation, refurbishing or demolition activities implying the removal of metal-faced panels that contain foams with fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I and Annex II, Section 1, the emissions are avoided to the extent possible by recovery for reuse or destruction of the foams and the gases contained therein. The recovery shall be carried out by appropriately qualified natural persons.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
As from 1 January 20246, building owners and contractors shall ensure that during renovation, refurbishing or demolition activities implying the removal of foams in laminated boards installed in cavities or built-up structures that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I and Annex II, Section 1, the emissions are avoided to the extent possible by recovery for reuse or destruction of the foams and the gases contained therein. The recovery shall be carried out by appropriately qualified natural persons.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
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 not yet approved, but are environmentally equivalent and comply with Union and national legislation on waste and with additional requirements under such legislation.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The undertakings that carry out recovery and destruction of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I and Annex II, Section 1 shall register themselves at F-gas Portal and the list shall be publicly available.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
By 1 January [OP, please insert the date = onthree years following the entry into force of this Regulation] Member States shall notify the Commission of certification and training programmes.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The placing on the market of 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.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Products and equipment unlawfully placed on the market after the date referred to in the first subparagraph, shall not be subsequently used or supplied, or made available to other persons within the Union for payment or free of charge or exported. Such products and equipment may only be stored or transported for subsequent return to the country of origine or for disposal and for the recovery of the gas prior to the disposal pursuant to Article 8.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Only undertakings that hold a certificate required under Article 10(1), point (a) or the training attestation required under Article 10(2), or undertakings that employ persons holding such a certificate or a training attestation shall be allowed to purchase fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I or Annex II, Section 1, for the purpose of carrying out the installation, servicing, maintenance or repair of the equipment containing those gases, or whose functioning relies upon those gases, referred to in Article 5(2), points (a) to (g), and Article 10(2). The selling undertaking shall keep the documentation of transactions for a period of at least five years in order to enable control measures.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. From 1 January 2026, the use of SF6 for the servicing or maintenance of electric switchgear shall be prohibited. This paragraph shall not apply to military equipment. The prohibition referred to in the first subparagraph shall not apply to the reclaimed SF6 provided that it is labelled in accordance with requirement set in Article 16(6).
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
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 groundsconfer medical benefits versus other anaesthetic agents or when used in conjunction with a gas capture technology. The user shall provide evidence, upon request, on the medical justification to the competent authority of the Member State and the Commission.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The exemption referred to in first subparagraph shall apply until 31 December 2029. Appropriate monitoring and control mechanisms shall be established by the Commission under Article 24.
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6
Article 16 – paragraph 6
6. This Article and Articles 17, 20 to 29 and 31 shall alsonot apply to hydrofluorocarbons contained in pre- blended polyols.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The allocation of quotas is subject to the payment of the amount due which equals to threone euro for each tonne of CO2 equivalent of quota to be allocated. 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).
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The quotas allocated will have an expiration date limited to the year in which they are allocated and the following year.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. A valid registration in the F-Gas Portal at the moment of import or export constituteUntil entering into force EU Single Window Environment for Customs a licence required under Article 22 shall be issued by the Commission.
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) the portion of the quota which has already been used by the importer.
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Custom authorities shall monitor whether products covered under this Regulation that are declared to be in transit have actually left the customs territory of the Union. For this purpose, custom authorities shall keep records about the undertaking making the transit.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
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 maximum administrative fines of at least five times the market value15 euro/t CO2 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 maximum administrative fines of at least eight times the value30 euro/t CO2 of the gases or products and equipment concerned.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 12
Annex IV – table – point 12
(12) Any self-contained refrigeration equipment that contains fluorinated 1 January greenhouse gases with GWP of 150 or more. 20257
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 14
Annex IV – table – point 14
(14) Stationary refrigeration equipment, that contains, or whose functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 2 500 or more except 1 January equipment intended for application designed to cool products to temperatures 20246 below – 50 °C.
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 17
Annex IV – table – point 17
(17) Plug-in room and other self-contained residential air-conditioning and heat pump 1 January equipment that contain 1 January appliances, which are movable between rooms by users and that contain 2028 fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 150 or more. 2025
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 18 – point b
Annex IV – table – point 18 – point b
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 18 – point c
Annex IV – table – point 18 – point c
(c) Split systems of a rated capacity of more than 12 kW containing, orcontaining, or whose functioning relies upon, fluorinated 1 January whose functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 750 greenhouse gases with GWP of 750 or more, except when needed to meet safety 2027 or more, except when required to meet safety standard2030 requirements.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 23 – point a
Annex IV – table – point 23 – point a
(a) medium voltage switchgear for primary and secondary distribution up to 24 kV, with insulating or breaking medium using, or whose functioning relies 1 January upon, gases with GWP of 10 or more, or with GWP of 2000 or more, unless 2026 1 January upon, gas mixtures with GWP of 2000 or more, unless evidence is provided that 2028 no suitable alternative is available based on technical grounds within the lower GWP ranges referred to above;
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 23 – point b
Annex IV – table – point 23 – point b
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 23 – point c
Annex IV – table – point 23 – point c
(c) high voltage switchgear from 52 and up to 145 kV and up to 50 kA short circuit current with insulating or breaking medium using, or whose functioning 1 January relies upon gases with GWP of 10 or more, or mixtures with GWP of more than 2000, 2028 unless evidence is 2028 provided that no suitable alternative is available based on technical grounds within the lower GWP ranges referred to above;. ;
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – table – point 23 – point d
Annex IV – table – point 23 – point d
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2
Annex IV – point 2
2. The evidence referred to in point 23, shall include documentation establishing that following an open call for tender no suitable alternative on technical grounds (i.e. pilot equipment under real operation conditions for at least 3 years), given the demonstrated specificities of the application, was 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 and to the Commission, upon request.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2 a (new)
Annex IV – point 2 a (new)
2a. The prohibitions on placing on the market set out in point 23 do not apply to the spare parts necessary for maintenance and repair of equipment already installed and to the extension of the already installed gas-insulated substations.
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – table
Annex VII – table
Maximum Quantity Maximum Quantity Years Years in tonnes CO2 equivalent in tonnes CO2 equivalent 2024 – 2026 2024 – 2026 41 701 077 2027 – 2029 2027 – 2029 17 688 360 2030 – 2032 2030 – 2032 9 132 097 17 688 360 2033 – 2035 2033 – 2035 8 445 713 9 132 097 2036 – 2038 2036 – 2038 6 782 265 8 445 713 2039 – 2041 6 136 732 6 136 732 2042 – 2044 5 491 199 5 491 199 2045 – 2047 4 845 666 2048 onwards4 845 666 2048 onwards 4 200 133