European F-Gas II Ruling Recognizes theValue, Importance, and Non-Emissivity of
HFC Clean Agents in Fire Suppression

Technical Information
Goal of the regulation

Does this restrict the use of HFCs in fire protection applications?

Reduce F-gas emissions by two-thirds oftoday’s levels by 2030.

No. The purpose behind reducing emissions is to reduce the impact of those emissions on global warming. Because HFCs in fire
protection applications have a negligible impact on global warming, reducing HFC emissions from fire protection applications
would not provide any significant reduction in global warming. For this reason, the F-Gas II ruling does not call for a specificreduction in the emissions of HFCs in fire protection applications.

Goal of the regulation

What does this mean for fire protection?

Encourage the use of viable alternatives
where they are readily available.

HFCs remain the safest, highest performing, most cost-effective clean agents for a wide range of critical applications, saving
lives and protecting property.

Global Warming Impact of HFCs used in Fire Protection: For the EU-15 region, the global warming impact of HFCs
from fire protection applications represents 0.08% of the impact of all greenhouse gases (GHGs).*3636

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Tg CO2 Equivalents

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HFCs inFire Protection

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HFCs inFire Protection*Technical Report No. 8, 2013 Annual European Union Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990–2011 and Inventory Report 2013, European Environment Agency (27 May 2013)

What you may have heard…

The facts

What does this mean for fire protection?

HFC producers will be allocated a production/
import quota for HFCs.

This is correct, however, the allocation applies to HFCs
used in all applications and is not specifically targeted at
the fire industry.

Because the HFC fire protection industry represents only a small
fraction of the total HFC industry and emissions from fire
protection applications are extremely low, the allocation will notaffect the fire sector.

The allocation framework does not favor HFCs
sold into fire suppression.

The allocation framework does not inhibit or limit the saleof HFCs into the fire suppression market.

Additional regulatory constraints on specific HFCs in refrigerationand other non-fire protection applications will result in further
releases of allowances, providing more than enough rights forcritical applications such as fire protection.

Bottom LineThe emissions of HFCs from fire protection applications areextremely low, meaning that HFCs in fire protection have anegligible impact on global warming. As a result, reducing
HFC emissions from fire protection applications would notprovide any significant reduction in global warming. Efforts
beneficial to the environment are more productively focusedon other sectors with much larger impacts.

The Chemours Commitment
We support the regulatory bodies in their effort toresponsibly slow the effects of global warming. These bodies
have historically been very receptive and supportive of thefire industry and responsible use, low emissions, and negligible
environmental impact of HFCs in fire protection applications.
Chemours will continue to provide regulators with thescience and information needed to make responsible fire
protection regulations and guidance, as they continue
their pragmatic and detailed approach to evaluating
acceptable substitutes.

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