Activities of Sophie AUCONIE related to 2012/0305(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Fluorinated greenhouse gases (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) persons who install, service, maintain, repair or decommission high-voltage electrical switchgear that contains SF6 in systems which are not hermetically sealed;
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. By 1 January 2018 the Commission shall determine whether an effective, reliable alternative exists which will enable SF6 to be replaced, at a reasonable cost, in new medium-voltage secondary switchgear and whether the use of SF6 in new equipment can be prohibited;
Amendment 240 #
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 designed to operate at a temperature of 50°C or more with a charge size equivalent to 540 tonnes of CO2 or more, shall be prohibited from 1 January 20205, unless the gases have been recovered or recycled.
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall ensure, where alternatives which are reliable and technically and economically viable and are designed to operate in the different climatic conditions of the Member States are available, that the quantity of hydrofluorocarbons that producers and importers are entitled to place on the market in the Union each year does not exceed the maximum quantity for the year in question calculated in accordance with Annex V. Each producer and importer shall ensure that the quantity of hydrofluorocarbons calculated in accordance with Annex V that it places on the market does not exceed the quota allocated to it pursuant to Article 14(5) or transferred to it pursuant to Article 16.
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) amending the maximum quantities set out in Annex V in the light of developments of the market in hydrofluorocarbons and related emissions, as long as a feasible, reliable, technically and economically viable alternative exists on the market, taking into account the different climatic conditions of the Member States; and