EFCTC: Review of the Regulation
Latest News (April 2013)
Vote in ENVI Committee - 19 June 2013
EU Parliament indicative plenary vote (1st reading or single reading) – Forecast 8 October 2013
1) Procedure File page
Links to the following documents :
- Draft Report of MEP Rapporteur Bas Eickhout (Greens – NL),
- ENVI Committee Rapporteur Bas Eickhout Draft Report and amendments proposed by members
- TRAN Committee Rapporteur Gilles PARGNEAUX Draft report
2) PreLex Page (Monitoring of the decision-making process between institutions)
3) Impact Assessment (Dir G) : Impact Assessment on fluorinated greenhouse gases
See also :
EFCTC Position on the Revision of the F-Gas Regulation
EFCTC PR on the draft Report on the European Parliament and of the Council on Fluorinated Gases
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The EU Commission’s Draft Proposal 643 (2012) for the revision of the existing F-gas Regulation 842(2006) was made public on November 7, 2012.
Summary of the Commission’s Proposal, detailing the main new elements compared with the present F-gas Regulation 842(2006)
The Draft Proposal’s main elements are :
- A gradual HFC phase-down, with a freeze in 2015, first reduction step in 2016 and reaching 21% of the HFC quantities sold in 2008-2011 by 2030. Quantities allowed to be placed on the market will be allocated by a quota system.
- A number of market restrictions (with different deadlines) for HFCs having a GWP higher than 150 in domestic refrigerators and freezers or movable air-conditioners, and higher than 2,500 in commercial refrigerators and freezers.
- A ban by 2020 of servicing existing refrigeration equipment with HFCs having a GWP higher then 2,500.
- A pre-charging HFCs into equipments before they will be installed will not be allowed (by 2016)
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The Proposal differs from an earlier draft that was leaked early October.
It will follow the normal path of the EU legislative process :
- A Council Position must be adopted
- The EU Parliament first reading (in 2013) can vote to accept it
- If not, EU Parliament’s amendments will be brought to a second reading (in 2014 very probably), leading to the conciliation process.
More info
Commission’s PR on the Draft Proposal publication (extracts)
The proposed revision of the F-gas Regulation aims to reduce F-gas emissions by two-thirds of today's levels by 2030. It also bans the use of F-gases in some new equipment where viable more climate-friendly alternatives are readily available.
Today's proposal introduces a phase-down measure from 2015 which limits the total amount of the most significant group of F-gases - hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – that can be sold in the EU and reduces this in steps to one fifth of today's sales by 2030.
MOP 24 Presentation - Proposed EU Regulation on F-Gases
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Additional Information
SKM Enviros study Phase Down of HFC Consumption in the EU – Assessment of Implications for the RAC Sector - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY