Commission Regulation (EC) No 1494/2007 of 17 December 2007 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the form of labels and additional labelling requirements as regards products and equipment containing certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air conditioning, cold store, electrical engineering, greenhouse gas, labelling

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1494/2007

of 17 December 2007

establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the
labelling requirements as regards products and
Council,

labels and additional

the form of

equipment containing certain fluorinated greenhouse gases

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on certain
fluorinated greenhouse gases (1), and in particular Article 7(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

A review on the desirability of including additional envi-
ronmental
information on labels to be used on the
products and equipment referred to in Article 7(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 has been carried out in
accordance with Article 7(3) of that Regulation.

The labelling requirements take into account labelling
systems currently used in the Community for products
and equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases,
including labelling systems
industry
standards for such products and equipment.

established by

For the sake of clarity, it is appropriate to determine the
exact wording of the information to be indicated on the
labels. Member States should be able to decide to use
their own language on those labels.

Additional
information indicating whether refrigeration
and air conditioning products and equipment as well as
heat pumps covered by this Regulation have been
insulated with foam blown with fluorinated greenhouse
gases should be included on the label
to
promote their potential recovery from such foams.

in order

In cases where fluorinated greenhouse gases are added to
the product or equipment concerned outside the manu-
facturing site, the label should indicate the total quantity
of fluorinated greenhouse gases contained in the product
or equipment.

The label should be designed so as to ensure that it is
clearly legible and remains securely in place on the
the entire period
product or equipment
during which the product or
contains
fluorinated greenhouse gases.

throughout

equipment

(7)

(8)

(9)

The label should be placed in a way which ensures visi-
bility to installation and servicing technicians.

For air conditioning products and equipment and heat
pumps the label should be placed in a way that takes
into account
the product or
equipment.

the technical profile of

The possibility of inclusion of additional environmental
information on labels has constrained manufacturers in
making the necessary adjustments as regards to labels
and therefore an adequate period should be allowed
before this Regulation becomes applicable.

(10)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab-
by Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No
lished
2037/2000 of
the
Council (2),

the European Parliament and of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation establishes the form of the labels to be used
and the additional labelling requirements which shall apply to
the types of products and equipment listed in Article 7(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 842/2006.

Article 2

Labelling requirements

1.
The products and equipment covered by this Regulation
shall be marked with a label containing the following infor-
mation:

(a)

the text ‘Contains fluorinated greenhouse gases covered by
the Kyoto Protocol’;

(b) the

abbreviated chemical names

fluorinated
greenhouse gases contained or designed to be contained
in the equipment using accepted industry nomenclature
standard to the equipment or substance;

the

for

(1) OJ L 161, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Decision 2007/540/EC (OJ L 198, 31.7.2007, p. 35).

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(c)

the quantity of the fluorinated greenhouse gases, expressed
in kilograms;

(d) the text ‘hermetically sealed’ where applicable.

Where the information required by this Regulation is added to a
label already affixed to the product or equipment concerned, the
font size shall not be smaller than the minimum size of other
information on that label.

2.
In addition to the labelling requirements referred to in
paragraph 1, refrigeration and air conditioning products and
equipment as well as heat pumps, which are insulated with
foam blown with fluorinated greenhouse gases, before being
placed on the market, shall be marked with a label containing
‘Foam blown with fluorinated greenhouse
the following text:
gases’.

3. Where fluorinated greenhouse gases may be added outside
the manufacturing site and the resulting total quantity is not
defined by the manufacturer, the label shall contain the quantity
charged in the manufacturing plant and shall provide space on
the label for the quantity to be added outside the manufacturing
plant as well as for the resulting total quantity of fluorinated
greenhouse gases.

4. Member States may make the placing on the market of
products and equipment covered by this Regulation on their
territory subject to use of their official languages in respect of
the labelling requirements referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.

Article 3

Form of the label

1.
The information referred to in Article 2 shall be indicated
on a label which shall be affixed to the products and equipment
covered by this Regulation.

2.
The information shall stand out clearly from the back-
ground of the label and shall be of such size and spacing as
to be clearly legible.

3.
The entire label and its contents shall be designed so as to
ensure that it remains securely in place on the product or
equipment and shall be legible under normal operational
the entire period during which the
conditions,
product or equipment contains fluorinated greenhouse gases.

throughout

Article 4

Placing of the label

1.
In addition to the places indicated in Article 7(1) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 842/2006, the labels may also be placed on, or
adjacent to existing nameplates or product information labels,
or adjacent to servicing access locations.

For air conditioning products and equipment as well as
2.
sections
indoor
heat pumps with separate
connected by refrigerant piping, the label information shall be
placed on that part of the equipment which is initially charged
with the refrigerant.

and outdoor

Article 5

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply with effect from 1 April 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2007.

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission