ILLEGAL TRADE OF HFCs
ILLEGAL IMPORTS OF HFCS INTO THE EU: WHY NOW?
Actions to Identify, Detect, Prevent, Penalise, Prosecute
PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS
Buy Refregerants from safe Sources
REPORT ILLICIT IMPORTS
Report incidents relating to smuggling, mislabeling, counterfeiting of F-Gas products, the use of illegal canisters or other breaches of F-Gas quotas.
NEWS AND UPDATES
13 July 2022 Press Release
Pressure to stop the smuggling of HFCs increases
As one response to the rapid emergence of the illegal traffic of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs - or refrigerants) across the European Union, the European Commission has included HFCs as a priority in the n...
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10 June 2022 News
Political agreement reached on new EU Single Window Environment for Customs
The European Commission has welcomed the provisional political agreement reached between the co-legislators on the new EU Single Window for Customs initiative, making it easier for different authoriti...
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04 February 2022 News
F-Gas Regulation and shift to lower GWP F-gases – a pause before the next phase-down step
The data available in the latest EEA report, in 2020 shows there was very little change in total supply of HFCs and HFOs/HCFOs compared with 2019. The considerable changes in HFCs and HFOs/HCFOs use p...
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