Activities of Edina TÓTH related to 2022/0099(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Fluorinated Gases Regulation - Ozone-depleting substances (debate)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to the fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annexes I, II and II, whether alone or in a mixtureproducts and equipment, containing fluorinated greenhouse gases or whose functioning relies upon those gases.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘placing on the market’ means the supplying or making available to another person witharty in the Union, for the first time, for payment or free of charge, the customs release for free circulation in the Union, andor using for its own account in the ucase of substances produced or the use of products or equipment manufactured for own usea producer, and includes customs release for free circulation in the Union;
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘'hermetically sealed equipment’ means equipment in which all fluorinated greenhouse gasrefrigerant containing parts are made tight during its manufacturing process at the premises of the manufacturer by welding, brazing or a similar permanent connection, which may include capped valves or capped service ports that allow proper repair or disposal. These capped valves have a tested leakage rate of less than 3 grams per year under a pressure of at least a quarter of the maximum allowable pressure;
Amendment 225 #
(36 a) 'Plug-in' means an equipment allowing the connection to different power sockets done by consumers and that does not require the intervention of a professional installer;
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36 b (new)
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36 c (new)
(36 c) 'Split system' means a system consisting of a number of refrigerant piped units that form a separate but interconnected unit, requiring the installation and connection of refrigerant circuit components at the point of use;
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36 d (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36 d (new)
(36 d) 'Single split system' means a system consisting of up to two refrigerant piping connected units, which form a separate but matched unit, and which requires the installation and connection of the components of the refrigerant circuit at the point of use;
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36 e (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36 e (new)
(36 e) 'Heat pump' means a device that uses ambient heat and/or waste heat from air, water or ground sources to produce heat and is based on the interconnection of one or more components forming a closed cooling circuit in which a refrigerant circulates to extract and release heat;
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36 f (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36 f (new)
(36 f) 'Household appliances' means electrical equipment, other than electrical equipment listed in Annex II to Directive 2014/35/EU, used with a rated voltage between 50 and 1000 V for alternating current and between 75 and 1500 V for direct current.
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The placing on the market of products and equipment, including parts thereof, listed in Annex IV, with an exemption for military equipment, shall be prohibited from the date specified in that Annex, differentiating, where applicable, according to the type or global warming potential of the gas contained.
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Products and equipment unlawfully placed on the market after the date referred to in the first subparagraph, shall not be subsequently used or supplied, or made available to other persons within the Union for payment or free of charge or exported. Such products and equipment may only be stored or transported for subsequent return to the origin country or for disposal and for the recovery of the gas prior to the disposal pursuant to Article 8.
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The prohibition set out in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, shall not apply to equipment for which it has been established in ecodesign requirements adopted under Directive 2009/125/EC that due to higher energy efficiency during its operation, its lifecycle CO2 equivalent emissions would be lower than those of equivalent equipment which meets relevant ecodesign requirements.
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Following a substantiated request by a competent authority of a Member State and taking into account the objectives of this Regulation, the Commission may, exceptionally, by means of implementing acts, authorise an exemption for up to four years to allow the placing on the market of products and equipment listed in Annex IV, including parts thereof, containing fluorinated greenhouse gases or whose functioning relies upon those gases, where it is demonstrated that:
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) contained in products or equipment, for export out of the Union, where those hydrofluorocarbons are not subsequently made available to any other party within the Union, prior to export.
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) complying with the quota system would lead to a shortage of fluorinated greenhouse gases, which would undermine the EU’s decarbonisation targets.
Amendment 502 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 23 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) the tonnes of CO2 equivalent of bulk gases and of gases contained in products or equipment, and parts thereof.