Although F- Gases as a whole are a small part of the overall contribution to global warming, this legislation will bring in measures that will improve containment and significantly reduce emissions of these gases. The legislation was published in the official journal of the EU in June 2006 and entered into force on 4th July 2006, although the majority of measures don?t take effect until 4th July 2007. The main objective of the regulation is to prevent and reduce emissions of certain fluorinated greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol. The regulation addresses containment, use, recovery, destruction, reporting, labelling, training, certification and some placing on the market prohibitions for the fluorinated gases.
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