G/TBT/N/HKG/56  
17 January 2024  
(24-0373) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  HONG KONG, CHINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Environment and Ecology Bureau  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Air-
conditioning and refrigeration equipment, and fire suppression system, that contains or 
is designed to operate on any hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) as listed below:  
• Room air -conditioner (split type or window type, with rated cooling capacity < 
7.5kW) [HS c ode: 84151000, 84158100, 84158200]  
• Household refrigerator, freezer and refrigerator combined with freezer [HS code: 
84181000, 84182100, 84182900]  
• Commercial refrigeration - stand -alone system [HS code: 84183000, 84184000, 
84185000, 84762100, 84768100, 8418 6900, 85167920]  
• Commercial refrigeration - condensing unit [HS code: 84189900]  
• Commercial refrigeration – supermarket system [HS code: 84186900]  
• Cold storage warehouse system [HS code: 84186900]  
• Air-cooled chiller [HS code: 84198900]  
• Water -cooled chiller [HS code: 84198900]  
• Motor vehicle air -conditioning - private car [HS code: 87032140, 87032160, 
87032240, 87032260, 87032340, 87032360, 87032440, 87032460, 87033140, 
87033160, 87033240, 87033260, 87033340, 87033360, 87034040, 87034060, 
87035040, 87035060, 87036040, 87036060, 87037040, 87037060, 87038000, 
87039000]  
• Fire suppression system [HS code: 84241000, 84248900]  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Consultation 
document on Proposal to Regulate and Pha se Down Hydrofluorocarbons for 
Implementation of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol; (27 page(s), in 
English)  G/TBT/N/HKG/56  
 
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  6. Description of content:  The proposal sets out different control strategies which 
facilitates HFC phasedown, and supports an orderly  and smooth transition to the use of 
low Global Warming Potential (GWP) alternatives. One of the strategies is to introduce a 
new regulation to prohibit the import, manufacture, supply and sale of those equipment 
and products using HFCs with GWP greater th an the prescribed limit.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
Ozone Layer Protection Ordinance (Cap. 403)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 January 2025 (tentative)  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2025 (tentative)  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Air Policy Group  
Environment and Ecology Bureau  
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region  
33/F, Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road  
Wan Ch ai, Hong Kong  
Fax no.: (852) 2827 8040  
Email: olposurvey@eeb.gov.hk  
https://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/sites/default/files/epd/english/environmentinhk/air/pub_c
onsult/files/rpdh_consult_eng. pdf