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There have been questions and speculation in various posts about who will ‘police’ the new F Gas regulations in the UK.

DEFRA have announced collaboration with the UK Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, LACORS (Local Authorities' Coordinators of Regulatory Services) and the devolved administrations to prepare for the implementation of a risk-based enforcement approach to the EC Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases and Ozone Regulations and related GB Regulations that create offences and penalties for failure to comply.

Here are some links, first to DEFRA’s web site, now updated:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/...fgas/index.htm

Further down the page they have also announced a dedicated support team administered for them by Enviros and posted a leaflet.

F Gas Support
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/...rt-leaflet.pdf

It’s only just been set up following the entry into force of the UK implementing laws, February 15th - so expect a bedding in process.
The intention is for the support unit to handle administrative queries form operators, contractors etc. They are NOT refrigeration engineers, and won’t be able to handle technical queries, but they will help with compliance issues.

For administrative purposes, they are combining the enforcement procedures of F Gas (HFCs etc) with the Ozone Depleting Substances Regulations (HCFCs – R22 and the like).

I stress that this is UK only - enforcement measures may be different in the other EU countries to achieve the same results.


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