The European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) considers the results of the European Parliament Second Reading vote on a Regulation on Fluorinated Gases a significant step forward in the fight against climate change. This position is a strong signal in support of a containment system to reduce emissions of fluorinated gases (F-gases) across Europe.
Friedrich Busch, Director General of EPEE stated after the vote: “The European refrigeration and air conditioning industry is now ready to meet the challenge of practical emission reduction – via containment and monitoring – as endorsed by the Parliament today.”
EPEE particularly welcomes the Parliament’s rejection of a score of amendments which would have done away with the dual legal base and would have introduced measures to make a range of applications using F-gases illegal ( i.e. product bans).
On the legal base decision, Friedrich Busch commented: “The Parliament’s confirmation of the dual Internal Market-Environment legal base as proposed by the Council of Ministers is the best way to meet two goals simultaneously, allowing for a high degree of environmental protection whilst also ensuring an efficient and competitive single market. This means common product rules across the EU 25 for equipment containing fluorinated gases.”
Speaking on the series of product ban amendments Friedrich Busch said: “All additional bans would have been completely unrealistic. The phase-out dates and use restrictions were proposed without any serious prior impact assessment (of social, economic and safety feasibility and the total environmental impact including energy efficiency). The Parliament resolutely rejected this approach in today’s vote.”
EPEE now looks forward to a swift adoption of the F-Gas proposal by the Council so that an EU-wide framework for the use of F-gases based on containment, measurement, and single market principles can be put in place as soon as possible.
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