29 Amendments of Giancarlo SCOTTÀ related to 2012/0305(COD)
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Such bans should only be introduced where they will result in lower overall greenhouse gas emissions, in particular from both the leakage of any fluorinated greenhouse gases and the CO2 emissions resulting from their energy consumption. Equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases should thus be allowed and promoted if their overall greenhouse gas emissions are less than those that would result from an equivalent equipment without fluorinated greenhouse gases, which has the maximum allowed energy consumption set out in relevant implementing measures adopted under Directive 2009/125/EC (Ecodesign).
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) ‘heat pump’ means a device or installation that extracts heat at low temperature from air, water or earth and supplies heat;
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘hermetically sealed system’ means a system in which all parts that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases have been hermetically sealed during their manufacturingrefrigerant containing parts are made tight by welding them, brazing them or otherwise making them tight byor a similar permanently connecting them and for which the refrigerant circuit does not need to be opened for placing the system into operationon, which may include capped valves and capped service ports that allow proper repair or disposal and which have a tested leakage rate of less than 3 grams per year under a pressure of at least a quarter of the maximum allowable pressure;
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
4. Persons and undertakingsUndertakings and operators, and the persons they employ, carrying out the following tasks shall be certified in accordance with Article 8:
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The certificates provided for in paragraphs 1 and 3 shall be valid for a maximum of 5 years. Member States may prolong tThe validity of the certificates provided for in paragraph 1 shall be prolonged when the person concerned is undergoing a compulsory periodic training every five years to update the knowledge on the subjects referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The use of SF6 in magnesium die- casting and in the recycling of magnesium die-casting alloys shall be prohibited. As regards installations using a quantity of SF6 below 850 kg per year, this prohibition shall only apply from 1 January 2015[...]1. __________________ 1 Please insert the date: three years after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 237 #
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 540 tonnes of CO2 or more, shall be prohibited from 1 January 2020[...]1. This clause shall not apply to the use of recovered or reclaimed fluorinated greenhouse gases or to equipment intended for use at operating temperatures of below -50 °C. __________________ 1 Please insert the date: three years after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. From [dd/mm/yyyy] [insert date 3 years after entry into force of this regulation], refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump equipment shall not be charged with hydrofluorocarbons before it is placed on the market or before it is made available to the end-user for its first installationequipment and products whose operation relies on hydrofluorocarbons shall not be imported into the European Union charged with hydrofluorocarbons unless the importer is registered on the quota registry as referred to in Article 15.
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to hermetically sealed equipment or to equipment that contains a quantity of hydrofluorocarbons corresponding to less than 2 % of the equipment’s foreseen maximum capacity.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall ensure that the quantity of hydrofluorocarbons that producers and importeras listed in Annexes I and II that producers and importers of hydrofluorocarbons or products containing hydrofluorocarbons 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 of hydrofluorocarbons or products containing hydrofluorocarbons 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 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Producers and importers that have not reported production or imports under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 for the reference period referred to in paragraph 1 may declare their intention, as well as importers of equipment containing hydrofluorocarbons, shall declare whether or not they intend to produce or import hydrofluorocarbons in the following year.
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Exporters of equipment containing hydrofluorocarbons shall declare whether they intend to apply for quota credits on the basis of the quantities exported in the previous year.
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall allocate quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market for each producer and importer and for each importer of equipment containing hydrofluorocarbons for each year beginning with the year 2015, applying the allocation mechanism laid down in Annex VI.
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) importers of products or equipment containing hydrofluorocarbons who declare they have opted for the quota allocation mechanism and submit a declaration within the meaning of Article 14(2);
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c b (new)
(cb) exporters of products or equipment containing hydrofluorocarbons who declare they have opted for the quota allocation mechanism and submit a declaration within the meaning of Article 14(2);
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Each exporter of products containing fluorinated greenhouse gases entered in the registry referred to in Article 15(1) may be credited the quantities it has exported from the Union during the previous year, from the quota allocated to another undertaking operating in the Union, provided it is also registered.
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall monitor the transfers made under paragraph 1a and shall publish an annual report on the functioning of the transfer system and present this to the Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 March 2014 and every year after that, each producer, importer and exporterundertaking that produced, imported or exported more than one metric tonne or 1 000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of fluorinated greenhouse gases and gases listed in Annex II during the preceding calendar year shall report to the Commission the data specified in Annex VII on each of those substances for that calendar year.
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. By 31 March 2014 and every year after that, each undertaking that placroduced, imported or exported more than 10 000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of fluorinated greenhouse gases and gases listed in Annex II contained in products or equipment on the market during the preceding calendar year shall report to the Commission the data specified in Annex VII on each of those substances for that calendar year.
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from 1 January 2014[...]1 __________________ 1 Please insert date: 1 January of the year following that of the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 3 – second part
Annex III – row 3 – second part
3. Fire protection systems that contain HFC-23 1° January 2015 and fire extinguishers please insert date: 3 years and fire extinguishers after entry into force of this Regulation
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 10
Annex III – row 10
10. Domestic refrigerators and freezers that 1° January 2015please insert date: 3 years after entry into contain HFCs containing HFCs with GWP of force of this Regulation 150 or more
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 11 – first part
Annex III – row 11 – first part
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 11 – second part
Annex III – row 11 – second part
11. RStandalone refrigerators and that contain HFCs with GWP 1° January 2020please insert date: 8 years and freezers for the storage, of 150 or more display or distribution of after entry into force of this display or distribution of Regulation products in retail and food service ("commercial use") - hermetically sealed systems
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 12
Annex III – row 12
12. Movable room air-conditioning 1° January 2020 appliances (hermetically sealed please insert date: 8 years after entry into appliances (equipment which is movable force of this Regulation between rooms by the end user) that contain HFCs with GWP of 150 or more
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 12 a (new)
Annex III – row 12 a (new)
12a. New fixed refrigerating equipment please insert date: 8 years after entry into containing HFCs with GWP of 2 500 or force of this Regulation more, unless intended for use at operating temperatures of below -50 °C
Amendment 386 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex V – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The maximum quantity referred to in Article 13(1) shall be calculated by applying the following percentages to the annual average of the total quantity produced and imported into the Union during the period from 2008 to 2011, and shall be increased by 20% in order to include hydrochlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons imported in pre-charged equipment:
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – point 1 – paragraph 1
Annex VI – point 1 – paragraph 1
Each undertaking for which a reference value has been established receives a quota corresponding to 9580% of the reference value multiplied by the percentage indicated in Annex V for the respective year.