http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2009/184

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/184/regulation/11/made

The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Climate and weather

European Parliament

Air conditioning

Firefighting equipment

Description of goods

Government Printer for Northern Ireland

2024-06-06

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

These Regulations give effect to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (“the Council Regulation”). The term “fluorinated greenhouse gases” is defined in Article 2(1) of the Council Regulation. These Regulations also give effect to the following Commission Regulations—Commission Regulation (EC) No 1493/2007 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the format for the report to be submitted by producers and exporters of certain fluorinated greenhouse gases, and those who place them on the market;Commission Regulation (EC) No 1494/2007 establishing, pursuant to Regulation EC No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the form of labels and additional labelling requirements as regards products and equipment containing certain fluorinated greenhouse gases;Commission Regulation No 1497/2007 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, standard leakage checking requirements for stationary fire protection systems containing certain fluorinated greenhouse gases;Commission Regulation (EC) No 1516/2007 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, standard leakage checking requirements for stationary refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment containing certain fluorinated greenhouse gases;Commission Regulation (EC) No 303/2008 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, minimum requirements and the conditions for mutual recognition for the certification of companies and personnel as regards stationary refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment containing certain fluorinated greenhouse gases;Commission Regulation (EC) No 304/2008 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, minimum requirements and the conditions for mutual recognition for the certification of companies and personnel as regards stationary fire protection systems and fire extinguishers containing certain fluorinated greenhouse gases;Commission Regulation (EC) No 305/2008 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, minimum requirements and the conditions for mutual recognition for the certification of personnel recovering certain fluorinated greenhouse gases from high-voltage switchgear;Commission Regulation (EC) No 306/2008 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, minimum requirements and the conditions for mutual recognition for the certification of personnel recovering certain fluorinated greenhouse gas-based solvents from equipment;Commission Regulation (EC) No 307/2008 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, minimum requirements for training programmes and the conditions for mutual recognition of training attestations for personnel as regards air conditioning systems in certain motor vehicles containing certain fluorinated greenhouse gases; andCommission Regulation 308/2008 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the format for notification of the training and certification programmes of the Member States.

PART 2General provisions

Reporting requirements and the provision of information11

1

A person who produces fluorinated greenhouse gases in Northern Ireland and who produces more than one tonne of such gases in the Community each year commits an offence if that person fails to comply with the requirements of Article 6.1(a) within the time limits set out in Article 6.1.

2

A person who exports fluorinated greenhouse gases from Northern Ireland and who exports more than one tonne of such gases from the Community each year commits an offence if that person fails to comply with the requirements of Article 6.1(c) within the time limits set out in Article 6.1.

3

A person commits an offence if that person fails within a reasonable time to provide such information as the Department may reasonably request to enable the Department to acquire emission data for the purposes of Article 6.4.

4

A person commits an offence if the person communicates to the Commission a defective report.

5

In this regulation, “defective report” means a report under Article 6 which is not in the format required under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1493/2007 establishing, pursuant to the 2006 Regulation, the format for the report to be submitted by producers, importers and exporters of certain fluorinated greenhouse gases.