. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SWE/82 
22 February 2007 
 (07-0744) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SWEDEN
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Swedish Environmental Protection Agency 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
Kommerskollegium (National Board of Trade) 
Box 6803 S-113 86 Stockholm 
Tel.:  +(46) 8 690 48 00 
Fax:  +(46) 8 30 67 59 
E-mail:  registrator@kommers.se 
Web-site: www.kommers.se 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  Refrigeration, air 
conditioning and heat pump equipment contai ning fluorinated greenhouse gases, CFC and 
HCFC.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified  document :  Regulation of the 
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency on refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump 
equipment containing fluorinated green ho use gases, CFC and HCFC. (10 pages, in 
Swedish)  
6. Description of content: 
− refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pum p equipment that contains fluorinated 
greenhouse gases, HCFC and HFC shall have instructions for how leakage of the 
gases is prevented 
− What is said about leakage control and register in article 3 of the regulation 
(842/2006) of the European Parliament and the Council on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases shall also be applied to  mobile equipment that contains 
fluorinated greenhouse gases and equipment that contains HCFC. 
− Fluorinated greenhouse gases that are to be used on refrigeration, air conditioning 
and heat pump equipment may only be de livered to certified personnel and some 
other categories.  The company that delivers refrigerants is required to receive 
recovered refrigerants for r eclamation without any charge. G/TBT/N/SWE/82 
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  − The supervisory authority must be informed  before an installation of refrigeration, 
air conditioning and heat pump equipment containing 10 kg or more of fluorinated greenhouse gases.  The result of the leakage control shall each year be reported to 
the supervisory authoritiy (if the total amount exceeds 10 kg). 
− Certified personnel and ad equate equipment shall be on board ships where 
interferences with the cooling cirquit on refrigeration, air conditioning and heat 
pump equipment are made at sea. 
The regulation also contains requirements on the competence of the personnel and company 
that handle refrigerants.  These requirements w ill be adapted on the basis of the minimum 
requirements that the commission will present by 4 July 2007 in accordance with article 5.1 
of the regulation (842/2006) of the Europ ean parliament and the Council on certain 
fluorinated greenhouse gases. 
As there is a ban on installation and refilli ng of CFC and HCFC in Sweden, the proposal 
does not affect any trade with respect to these gases. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The regulation (SNFS 1992:16) of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency on 
refrigeration and heat pump equipment containi ng CFC, halons, HCFC and HFC has played 
an important role in minimizing the emissions  of these substances in Sweden.  The Swedish 
system works well and SEPA considers it importa nt that it continues to do so as long as 
HCFC and HFC are still used.  The regulation (842/2006) of the European Parliament and 
the Council on certain fluorinated gases does not cover all the aspects that the regulation of 
SEPA does.  For example the former one does not require any leakage control on mobile 
equipment.  SEPA therefore considers that co mplementing Swedish legislation is needed. 
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    30 May 2007 
4 July 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   18 May 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Kommerskollegium (National Board of Trade) 
Box 6803 
S-113 86 Stockholm 
Tel.:  +(46) 8 690 48 00 
Fax:  +(46) 8 30 67 59 E-mail:  registrator@kommers.se Web-site: www.kommers.se