Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered am ar 14 Mawrth 2013.
Graham Stringer
Llafur, Blackley and Broughton
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether, in complying with the Montreal protocol, he plans to introduce further controls on fluorinated gases used in heat pumps.
Richard Benyon
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Montreal protocol does not currently place restrictions on the use of fluorinated gases. Regulation (EC) No. 842/2006, which is already fully implemented in the UK, provides the regulatory regime under which emissions of fluorinated gases are controlled as part of our commitments under the Kyoto protocol. We are, however, currently considering a draft proposal from the European Commission for a new regulation on fluorinated gases that, should it be agreed and implemented, would place controls on the availability and use of fluorinated gases of the type that are used in many applications including heat pumps.
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