F-Gas Regulations

F Gas Regulations

EU Fluorinated Greenhouse Gas Regulation No 842/2006 (the F-Gas Regulation) became law in 2006 and must be complied with from 4th July 2007. The objective of this regulation is to contain, prevent and thereby reduce emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol. HFCs are one of the gases covered by this legislation.

The regulation does not ban the use of HFCs in static refrigeration or air conditioning equipment but it does require that building owners, managers or operators are responsible for complying with the main obligations of the legislation.

One important aspect of the F-Gas Regulation concerns the quantity of the gas in the system as this determines the frequency of inspections. Unlike the EPBD regulation this amount is measured by how much gas could escape from an individual system if there was a leak rather than how much gas is contained in systems throughout a building. For example several single packaged units with 2kg each, cooling a large space, would not fall under the F-Gas regualtion as the individual charge was less than 3kg.

For details on the implications of this regulation if you operate equipment using affected materials and how Comserve can minimise the effect and cost to your organisation, click the link on the right. You may also find a previous publication produced by the IOR useful which you can download as a pdf in the 'Download' section on the right of this page.

However the following link provides a comprehensive source of current information published by DEFRA. Thisis regularly updated with any new developments..[F-Gas]