Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/879Show full title

Article 2 U.K. Documentation

1. For any placing on the market, manufacturers of equipment charged with hydrofluorocarbons in [F1 any part of Great Britain] shall keep the following documentation referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014:

(a) the declaration of conformity;

(b) a list identifying the equipment, and the type and total quantity in kilograms per type of hydrofluorocarbons contained in the equipment; this list is not required if the manufacturer can prove that the hydrofluorocarbons contained in the equipment were previously placed on the market prior to the charging;

(c) where the hydrofluorocarbons were supplied by another undertaking in [F1 any part of Great Britain], the delivery note or invoice for the corresponding hydrofluorocarbons previously placed on the market in [F1 any part of Great Britain];

(d) where hydrofluorocarbons contained in the equipment are imported and released for free circulation in [F1 any part of Great Britain] by the manufacturer of equipment prior to charging the equipment, the relevant customs documents showing that the quantity of hydrofluorocarbons contained in the equipment has been released for free circulation in [F1 any part of Great Britain];

(e) where hydrofluorocarbons contained in the equipment are imported by the manufacturer, but are not released for free circulation in [F1 any part of Great Britain] prior to charging the equipment, proof that the relevant customs procedures for the release for free circulation of the relevant quantities of hydrofluorocarbons are complied with when that equipment is placed on the market;

(f) where the hydrofluorocarbons contained in the equipment are produced by the manufacturer of equipment and charged in its equipment in [F1 any part of Great Britain], a document showing the quantity of the hydrofluorocarbons contained in the equipment.

2. Importers of equipment shall keep the following documentation referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 for any equipment covered by one customs declaration for release for free circulation in [F1 any part of Great Britain]:

(a) the declaration of conformity;

(b) a list identifying the equipment released for free circulation providing the following information:

(i)

the model information;

(ii)

the number of units per model;

(iii)

the identification of the type of hydrofluorocarbons contained in each model;

(iv)

the quantity of hydrofluorocarbons in each unit rounded to the nearest gram;

(v)

the total quantity of hydrofluorocarbons in kilograms and in tonnes of CO₂ equivalent;

(c) the customs declaration related to the release for free circulation of the equipment in [F1 any part of Great Britain];

(d) where the hydrofluorocarbons contained in the equipment have been placed on the market in [F1 any part of Great Britain], subsequently exported and charged into the equipment outside [F1 any part of Great Britain], a delivery note or invoice, as well as a declaration by the undertaking that placed the hydrofluorocarbons on the market, stating that the quantity of hydrofluorocarbons has been or will be reported as placed on the market in [F1 any part of Great Britain] and that it has not been and will not be reported as direct supply for export in the meaning of Article 15(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 and Section 5C of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1191/2014(1).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 71(2)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1616, regs. 1(2), 2(34)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1191/2014 of 30 October 2014 determining the format and means for submitting the report referred to in Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated greenhouse gases (OJ L 318, 5.11.2014, p. 5).