European Rapporteur Recommends Widespread HFC Refrigerant Ban
Recommendation Would Prohibit HFC Use in HVAC Units
A widespread ban of HFCs has been recommended to the European Parliament by the F-Gas Regulation review’s rapporteur, Bas Eickhout, Dutch Green MEP, who has also called for a series of significant amendments to the European Commission’s proposal, published late last year.
Eickhout’s amendments also include strengthened containment and recovery measures, earlier bans for hermetically sealed equipment, and additional bans on new refrigeration and air conditioning equipment containing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), with stationary equipment (other than centrifugal chillers) banned from 2020 and mobile equipment (other than fishing vessels) from 2025.