Regulation (EC) No. 517 of 2014 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases

Summary: European Regulation controlling fluorinated greenhouse gases. The objective of this Regulation is to protect the environment by reducing emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases.

The objective of this Regulation is to protect the environment by reducing emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases. Accordingly, this Regulation:

(a) establishes rules on containment, use, recovery and destruction of fluorinated greenhouse gases, and on related ancillary measures;

(b) imposes conditions on the placing on the market of specific products and equipment that contain, or whose functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases;

(c) imposes conditions on specific uses of fluorinated greenhouse gases; and

(d) establishes quantitative limits for the placing on the market of hydrofluorocarbons