Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/2023 of 17 December 2018 on amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1984 determining, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated greenhouse gases, reference values as regards reference values for the period from 30 March 2019 to 31 December 2020 for producers or importers established within the United Kingdom, which have lawfully placed on the market hydrofluorocarbons from 1 January 2015, as reported under that Regulation (notified under document C(2018) 8801)
Date: 2018-12-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, air quality, emission allowance, environmental standard, establishment, fluorine, greenhouse gas, marketing standard, reduction of gas emissions, withdrawal from the EU








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19.12.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 323/32








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/2023
of 17 December 2018
         
on amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1984 determining, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated greenhouse gases, reference values as regards reference values for the period from 30 March 2019 to 31 December 2020 for producers or importers established within the United Kingdom, which have lawfully placed on the market hydrofluorocarbons from 1 January 2015, as reported under that Regulation


(notified under document C(2018) 8801)


(Only the English text is authentic)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 (1), and in particular Article 16(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 517/2014, the placing on the Union market of at least 100 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of hydrofluorocarbons (‘HFCs’) per year by producers or importers is subject to quantitative limits in order to ensure their gradual reduction.












(2)


Pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 the quantitative limits – quotas — are calculated based on reference values determined by the Commission on the basis of the annual average of the quantities of HFCs the producers or importers have reported under Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 to have lawfully placed on the market from 1 January 2015 and onwards, while excluding quantities of HFCs for the uses referred to in Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 during the same period, on the basis of available data, in accordance with Annex V to that Regulation.












(3)


In accordance with Article 16(5) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 HFC quotas are allocated to producers or importers as listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1984 (2) which are established within the Union or to importers from third countries having mandated an only representative established within the Union as listed in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1984.












(4)


In light of the notification under Article 50 on the Treaty on European Union by the United Kingdom and with a view to ensuring that the reference values and quotas for producers and importers established within the United Kingdom reflect the lawful placing on the market of HFCs in the Union of 27 Member States after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom, the reference values for these companies should be re-calculated for 2019 for the period following the withdrawal on 30 March 2019.












(5)


For the period from 1 January to 29 March 2019 the reference values determined in Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1984 should remain valid and applicable. For the determination of the quota for producers and importers established within the United Kingdom the reference values for the period up to and including 29 March and the period thereafter will be weighted by the number of days the United Kingdom is a Member State of the Union in 2019.












(6)


For companies established within the United Kingdom the newly re-calculated reference values as determined in this Decision are based on additional verified data submitted by these companies to the Commission and complementing the reporting already made pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 by differentiating between HFCs placed on the market within the United Kingdom and in the Union of 27 Member States. For companies that have not submitted additional data it should be assumed that all HFCs were placed on the market within the United Kingdom and no reference value should be determined.












(7)


The re-calculated reference values are established for the case that Union law ceases to apply to and in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2019.












(8)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 24 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014.





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
For the undertakings to which this Decision is addressed and from the date of which the Union law ceases to apply to and in the United Kingdom, the respective reference value in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1984 is replaced by the reference value set out in the Annex to this Decision or the undertaking is removed from the Annex as specified in the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings:






F-gas Portal ID


Undertaking




9401







A-Gas (UK) Ltd




Banyard Road, Portbury West




Bristol BS20 7XH




United Kingdom








16310







A-Gas Electronic Materials Limited




Unit 3, IO Center




Rugby CV21 1TW




United Kingdom








9590







AGC Chemicals Europe




York House




Hillhouse International Thornton Cleveleys FY5 4QD




United Kingdom








9605


American Pacific Corporation

As represented by:






Envigo Consulting Limited




Woolley Road




Alconbury, Cambridgeshire PE28 4HS




United Kingdom








13985







Apollo Scientific Ltd




Whitefield Road




Stockport SK6 2QR




United Kingdom








9418







BOC Ltd UK




The Surrey Research Park,




10 Priestley Road




Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XY




United Kingdom








9676







Coulstock & Plaice Ltd




Questor House




191 Hawley Road




Dartford Kent DA1 1PU




United Kingdom








9692







Daikin Airconditioning UK Ltd




The Heights — Brooklands




Weybridge — Surrey KT13 0NY




United Kingdom








9711







Dean & Wood Limited




15 Bruntcliffe Avenue, Leeds 27 Industrial Estate




Morley, Leeds LS27 0LL




United Kingdom








9761







EUROCHEM (SE) LTDS.




40 Southernwood Rise




Folkstone, Kent CT20 3NW




United Kingdom








9763







Fenix Fluor Limited




Rocksavage Site




Runcorn, Cheshire WA7 4JE




United Kingdom








9769







Fireboy Xintex Ltd




10 Holton Road




Holton Heath Ind. EstatePoole, Dorset BH16 6LT




United Kingdom








14063







Firetec Systems Ltd




Business Centre, Molly millars Lane 6




Wokingham RG412QZ




United Kingdom








9789


Fujitsu General Limited

As represented by:






Fujitsu General (U.K.) CO. Limited




Unit 330 Centennial Park




Centennial Avenue




Elstree, Herts




United Kingdom








9791







FX FIRE AND SAFETY SOLUTIONS LTD




Unit 3 Belvedere Business park




Crabtree Manorway South Belvedere Da17 6ah




United Kingdom








9797







Gaspack Services Limited




Unit H1Gellihirion Industrial Estate




Pontypridd CF37 5SX




United Kingdom








16319







General Traffic Ltd




Rutland Mill Adelaide Street Bolton




Bolton BL3 3NY




United Kingdom








9810







Halon and Refrigerant Services Limited




Factory Road, Sandycroft




Deeside, Clwyd, Flintshire CH5 2QJ




United Kingdom








9545







Harp International Limited




GELLIHIRION INDUSTRIAL ESTATE




Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff CF37 5SX




United Kingdom








13586







H K Wentworth Ltd




Coalfield Way




Ashby de la Zouch LE65 1JR




United Kingdom








9829







IDS Refrigeration Ltd




Green Court, Kings Weston Lane




Avonmouth, Bristol BS11 8AZ




United Kingdom








9840







J & E Hall Limited




Questor House, 191 Hawley Road




Dartford Kent DA1 1PU




United Kingdom








9842







J Reid Trading Limited




Factory Road, Sandycroft




Deeside, Clwyd, Flintshire CH5 2QJ




United Kingdom








16356







K.P.PAPWORTH & SONS




Hall Farm, Conington




Cambridge CB23 4LR




United Kingdom








9857







Kidde Products Ltd




Mathisen Way




ColnbrookSlough SL3 0HB




United Kingdom








9550







Macron Safety Systems (UK) Ltd




Burlingham House, Hewett Road




Gt Yarmouth NR31ONN




United Kingdom








9475







Mexichem UK Limited




The Heath Business & Technical Park




Runcorn, Cheshire WA7 4QX




United Kingdom








9916







Mitsubishi Electric Air Conditioning Systems Europe Ltd




Nettlehill Road




Livingston EH54 5EQ




United Kingdom








9478







National Refrigerants Ltd




6 Stanley Street




Liverpool L1 6AF




United Kingdom








9967







Refrigerant Sales Ltd




6 Stanley Street




Liverpool L1 6AF




United Kingdom








9558







Refrigerant Solutions Limited




8 Murieston Road, Hale




Altrincham, Cheshire WA15 9ST




United Kingdom








9976







RPL Holdings Limited




8 Murieston Road




Hale, Altrincham WA15 9ST




United Kingdom








9996







Sea-Fire Europe Ltd




Unity 2 Discovery Voyager Park Portfield Road




Portsmouth PO2 5FN




United Kingdom








10061







URW Refrigeration Wholesale Limited




15 Bruntcliffe Avenue, Leeds 27 Industrial Estate




Morley, Leeds LS27 0LL




United Kingdom








10063







VACS Europe Limited




Budbrooke Point No 2




Budbrooke Industrial Estate




Budbrooke Road




Warwick CV34 5XH




United Kingdom








15946







Waste Mixtures Limited




Murieston Road 8




Altrincham WA159ST




United Kingdom












Done at Brussels, 17 December 2018.


For the Commission

Miguel ARIAS CAÑETE
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 195.

(2)  Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1984 of 24 October 2017 determining, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated greenhouse gases, reference values for the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2020 for each producer or importer which has lawfully placed on the market hydrofluorocarbons from 1 January 2015 as reported under that Regulation (OJ L 287, 4.11.2017, p. 4).




ANNEX
Producers or importers 1) for which reference values (1) for the period 30 March 2019 to 31 December 2020 are replaced and their respective re-calculated reference values or 2) that are removed.


(1)  Commercially sensitive – in confidence – not to be published.