Guidance

Declaration of conformity

Published 31 December 2020

Declaration of conformity with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended

We [insert the name of company, the VAT identification number and for importers of equipment insert the GB F gas registration ID], declare under our sole responsibility that when placing on the market pre-charged equipment, which we import to or manufacture in GB, the hydrofluorocarbons contained in that equipment are accounted for within the quota system referred to in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 as amended:

[please tick the relevant option(s); coverage by the quota system is achieved by one or more of the options below]

A. we hold authorisation(s) issued in accordance with Article 18(2) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 and registered in the registry referred to in Article 17 of that Regulation, at the time of release for free circulation to use the quota of a producer or importer of hydrofluorocarbons subject to Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 as amended that cover(s) the quantity of hydrofluorocarbons contained in the equipment.

B. [for importers of equipment only] the hydrofluorocarbons contained in the equipment have been placed on the market in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), subsequently exported and charged into the equipment outside GB, and the undertaking that placed the hydrofluorocarbons on the market made a declaration stating that the quantity of hydrofluorocarbons has been or will be reported as placed on the market in GB 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 as amended pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 as amended and Section 5C of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1191/2014 (2) as amended.

C. [for equipment manufactured in GB only] the hydrofluorocarbons charged into the equipment were placed on the market by a producer or importer of hydrofluorocarbons subject to Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 as amended.

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