Review of the F-gas Regulation
On 5 April 2022, the European Commission presented a proposal for a regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) to repeal the current F-gas Regulation. The proposal seeks to reduce F-gas emissions further. It would change the existing quota system, gradually reducing the supply of hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) to the EU market, to 2.4 % of 2015 levels by 2048. It would also ban F-gases in specific applications, and update the rules on implementing best practice, leak-checking, record-keeping, training, waste treatment and penalties. On 30 March 2023, the European Ϸվ adopted its position, and on 5 October 2023, the co-legislators reached a provisional agreement. Ϸվ is expected to vote on the final text during its January I plenary session.
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