Entry into force of EU Regulations 2024/573 (on fluorinated greenhouse gases) and 2024/590 (on substances that deplete the ozone layer)
On March 11, 2024, EU Regulation 2024/573 on fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gas) and EU Regulation 2024/590 on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force, replacing previous EU Regulations 517/204 and 1005/2009.
Regulation (EU) 2024/590 lays down rules on the production, import, export, placing on the market, storage and subsequent supply of ozone-depleting substances, as well as on their use, recovery, recycling, reclamation and destruction, and on the reporting of information related to those substances and on the import, export, placing on the market, subsequent supply and use of products and equipment containing ozone-depleting substances or whose functioning relies upon those substances.
Regulation (EU) 2024/573 lays down revised rules on containment, use, recovery, recycling, reclamation and destruction of fluorinated greenhouse gases and on related ancillary measures, such as certification and training, which includes the safe handling of fluorinated greenhouse gases and of alternative substances that are not fluorinated. It also imposes conditions on the production, import, export, placing on the market, subsequent supply and use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, and of specific products and equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases or whose functioning relies upon those gases. It imposes conditions on specific uses of the gases, establishes quantitative limits for the placing on the market of HFCs and establishes rules on reporting.