Guidance

Check a laboratory ozone-depleting substances (LabODS) number

How to check that a laboratory is allowed to buy ozone-depleting substances (ODS).

From:
Environment Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
31 December 2020
Last updated
16 January 2024 — See all updates

If you plan to sell ODS to a customer for laboratory or analytical use, you must check the status of their LabODS number.

The service will show the:

  • laboratory’s name
  • amount of substance in kilograms that the laboratory can buy each year

Before you sell to a laboratory, you should check that:

  • their LabODS number is valid
  • they have not purchased more than the declared specific ODS mass for the calendar year
  • this purchase will not take them over their declared specific ODS mass for the calendar year
Published 31 December 2020
Last updated 16 January 2024 + show all updates

  1. Outlined the details that the LabODS service will show and how to use this information.

  2. First published.

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