Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2174 of 2 September 2024 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2024/573 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the format of the labels for certain products and equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2068

Article 1

Format of labels

Where the fluorinated greenhouse gases are either reclaimed or recycled or intended to serve for certain uses in accordance with Article 12(7) to (13) of Regulation (EU) 2024/573, the following text shall be included in the label on the container, as relevant:

(a) ‘100 % Recycled’ for recycled fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) 2024/573 that do not contain any virgin substances;

(b) ‘100 % Reclaimed’ for reclaimed fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) 2024/573 that do not contain any virgin substances, or, in the case of mixtures, that the addition of virgin substances, to adjust the mixture composition, does not exceed 10 % of the mass of the mixture;

(c) ‘For destruction only’: for fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2024/573 and placed on the market, made available or supplied for destruction;

(d) ‘For direct export out of the EU only’: for fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2024/573 and supplied by a producer or importer to an undertaking for direct export in bulk out of the Union;

(e) ‘For use in military equipment only’: for fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2024/573 and placed on the market, made available or supplied for use in military equipment;

(f) ‘For etching/cleaning in the semiconductor industry only’: for fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) 2024/573 and placed on the market, made available or supplied for etching and cleaning purposes in the semiconductor industry;

(g) ‘For feedstock use only’: for fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2024/573 and placed on the market, made available or supplied for use as feedstock;

(h) ‘For MDI production only’: for fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Section 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2024/573 and placed on the market, made available or supplied for manufacturing MDI. Where the containers contain fluorinated greenhouse gases referred to in the first subparagraph, points (c) to (g), and listed in Section 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2024/573, the text to be indicated in the labels as provided for in those points shall be complemented by the following statement: ‘Exempted from quota under Regulation (EU) 2024/573 of the European Parliament and of the Council’.

The label of the products and equipment referred to in Article 12(15) of Regulation (EU) 2024/573 shall, from the dates of prohibition specified in Annex IV to that Regulation, include the following text:

(a) for equipment referred to in points 2(b), 4, 5(c), 7(b), (c) and (d), 8(b) to (e), 9(b) to (f) and 11(c) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2024/573: ‘Prohibited to be operated, unless required by safety requirements that have to be applied at the site of operation’, complemented by a reference to the applicable safety requirement that would make its use necessary, or, where it is not feasible to specify prior to placing on the market the safety requirement for the specific site of operation, providing space on the label for this specification to be inserted by the supplier or, where applicable, the installer or operator of the equipment prior to putting the equipment into operation;

(b) for the foams referred to in points 16 and 17(a) and (b) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2024/573: ‘Prohibited to be used unless required by national safety standard(s)’, specifying the national safety standard(s), with a short description of the conditions that would make their use necessary;

(c) for the foams referred to in point 17(c) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2024/573: ‘Prohibited to be used unless required by safety requirement(s)’, specifying the safety requirement(s), with a short description of the conditions that would make their use necessary;

(d) for the technical aerosols referred to in point 19(a) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2024/573: ‘Prohibited to be used unless required by national safety standard(s)’, specifying the national safety standard(s), with a short description of the conditions that would make their use necessary; or, when used for medical applications: ‘For medical use only’;

(e) for the technical aerosols referred to in point 19(b) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2024/573: ‘Prohibited to be used unless required by safety requirement(s)’, specifying the safety requirement(s), with a short description of the conditions that would make their use necessary; or, when used for medical applications: ‘For medical use only’;

(f) for the equipment used for cooling the skin referred to in point 21 of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2024/573: ‘For medical use only’.

Article 2

Repeal

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2068 is repealed.

References to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2068 shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in the Annex.

Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2025.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

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