ShareUK: 50% of refrigeration plant end-users might not comply with F-Gas requirements
Many equipment owners believe that because they have a maintenance contract with an F-gas registered service company, they are fully covered in terms of F-gas compliance.
According to Cool-Therm, a UK-based company offering independent audits on the EU F-gas Regulation compliance, around half of all end-users operating refrigeration and air conditioning plants could be risking legal action by failing to comply with the F-gas Regulation.
On site F-gas records are at best inconsistent or poorly presented, with no annual summary or management review, and at worst non-existent, violating current legislation.
Many equipment owners believe that because they have a maintenance contract with an F-gas registered service company, they are fully covered in terms of F-gas compliance.
However, the regulation establishes specific responsibilities for equipment owners, for record keeping as well as physical leak checks, for which they are legally accountable.
On site F-gas records are at best inconsistent or poorly presented, with no annual summary or management review, and at worst non-existent, violating current legislation.
Many equipment owners believe that because they have a maintenance contract with an F-gas registered service company, they are fully covered in terms of F-gas compliance.
However, the regulation establishes specific responsibilities for equipment owners, for record keeping as well as physical leak checks, for which they are legally accountable.