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Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)

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ANNEX III

PLACING ON THE MARKET PROHIBITIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 11(1)

Products and equipmentWhere relevant, the GWP of mixtures containing fluorinated greenhouse gases shall be calculated in accordance with Annex IV, as provided for in point 6 of Article 2Date of prohibition

1.Non-refillable containers for fluorinated greenhouse gases used to service, maintain or fill refrigeration, air-conditioning or heat-pump equipment, fire protection systems or switchgear, or for use as solvents

4 July 2007

2.Non-confined direct evaporation systems that contain HFCs and PFCs as refrigerants

4 July 2007

3.Fire protection equipment

that contain PFCs4 July 2007
that contain HFC-231 January 2016

4.Windows for domestic use that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases

4 July 2007

5.Other windows that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases

4 July 2008

6.Footwear that contains fluorinated greenhouse gases

4 July 2006

7.Tyres that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases

4 July 2007

8.One-component foams, except when required to meet national safety standards, that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 150 or more

4 July 2008

9.Aerosol generators marketed and intended for sale to the general public for entertainment and decorative purposes, as listed in point 40 of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, and signal horns, that contain HFCs with GWP of 150 or more

4 July 2009

10.Domestic refrigerators and freezers that contain HFCs with GWP of 150 or more

1 January 2015

11.Refrigerators and freezers for commercial use (hermetically sealed equipment)

that contain HFCs with GWP of 2 500 or more1 January 2020
that contain HFCs with GWP of 150 or more1 January 2022

12.Stationary refrigeration equipment, that contains, or whose functioning relies upon, HFCs with GWP of 2 500 or more except equipment intended for application designed to cool products to temperatures below – 50 °C

1 January 2020

13.Multipack centralised refrigeration systems for commercial use with a rated capacity of 40 kW or more that contain, or whose functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 150 or more, except in the primary refrigerant circuit of cascade systems where fluorinated greenhouse gases with a GWP of less than 1 500 may be used

1 January 2022

14.Movable room air-conditioning equipment (hermetically sealed equipment which is movable between rooms by the end user) that contain HFCs with GWP of 150 or more

1 January 2020

15.Single split air-conditioning systems containing less than 3 kg of fluorinated greenhouse gases, that contain, or whose functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 750 or more

1 January 2025

16.Foams that contain HFCs with GWP of 150 or more except when required to meet national safety standards

Extruded polystyrene (XPS)1 January 2020
Other foams1 January 2023

17.Technical aerosols that contain HFCs with GWP of 150 or more, except when required to meet national safety standards or when used for medical applications

1 January 2018

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