7 Amendments of Matthias GROOTE related to 2012/0305(COD)
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Additional bans on the placing on the market of new equipment for refrigeration, air-conditioning, foams, aerosols, and fire protection that operate using specific fluorinated greenhouse gases should 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, certain categories of products or equipment for which alternative substances which fall below the specified global warming potential limit are 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 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) stationary and mobile air-conditioning equipment;
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Producers of fluorinated compounds shall take all the precautions necessary to limit emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases, to the greatest extent possible, during production, transport and storage. This shall also apply where greenhouse gases are produced as by-products.
Amendment 209 #
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 not available for technical, economic or safety reasons.
Amendment 233 #
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 refrigeration equipment with a charge size equivalent to 50 tonnes of CO2 or more, shall be prohibited from 1 January 202015.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) amendreducing the maximum quantities set out in Annex V in the light of developments of the market in hydrofluorocarbons and related emissions; and
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part