Stakeholder obligations

Natural persons or companies (“legal persons”) dealing with F-gases listed in Annex I, II or III of Regulation (EU) 2024/573, either in bulk form or charged into products or equipment. The Regulation encompasses rules regarding the trading, production, and use of these gases, along with measures aimed at preventing emissions. These measures include the employment of qualified personnel for maintenance and servicing, obligatory leak checks, as well as gas recovery and destruction at the end of the useful life of F-gas equipment.   

Primarily, it is the Member States’ authorities who are responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the Regulation. If you have any specific questions, please address your questions to the authorities in the Member State that is most relevant for you. 

• Producers of F-gases (bulk) 

• Importers and exporters of bulk F-gases and equipment containing F-gases 

• Manufacturers and distributors of F-gas equipment in the EU 

• Operators of F-gas equipment  

• Technicians carrying out containment activities, such as servicing, installation, maintenance of equipment, or recovery of F-gases 

• F-gas recycling and reclamation installations 

• Measures preventing F-gas emissions (Article 4) 

• Certified or trained technicians working on certain stationary and mobile equipment containing F-gases or their alternatives (Articles 4 - 10)  

• Prohibitions to place specific F-gas products and equipment on the market (Article 11 and Annex IV) 

• Prohibitions for servicing certain equipment with highly warming F-gases (Article 13) 

• Prohibitions of installing electrical switchgear with highly warming F-gases (Article 13)  

• Requirements to label F-gases in bulk and certain F-gas products and equipment (Article 12) 

• Requirements on F-gas producers to respect their HFC production limits (Articles 14-15 and Annex V) 

• Limitations for F-gas producers and importers of HFCs in bulk as well as of certain equipment and products pre-charged with HFCs when placing them on the market (HFC quota system Article 16 to 19 as well as 21 and Annexes VII & VIII)  

• Licensing obligation for importers and exporters of F-gases in bulk and equipment containing those gases and registration requirements (Articles 20 and 22)  

• Other obligations relating to customs and market surveillance controls for importers, exporters, and authorities (Articles 23-24) 

• Prohibitions to export certain equipment with highly warming F-gases and to trade F-gases in bulk or F-gas equipment to states that have not ratified the Montreal Protocol by 2028 (Articles 22 and 25) 

• Annual reporting obligations on companies on their F-gas-related activities (Article 26) 

• Obligations on Member States detailing how to ensure effective, proportionate, and dissuasive penalties for infringements of the F-gas Regulations. 

DISCLAIMER: The information in these webpages is intended to contribute to a better understanding of the EU F-gas rules. The guidance provided here is not complete and does not create any enforceable right or expectation. It does not replace the F-gas Regulation 2024/573 which is the only text with legal force, and only the Court of Justice of the European Union can make binding interpretation of EU legislation.