Record and report ozone-depleting substances you import, export, sell or destroy
How to record and report ozone-depleting substances (ODS) you import, export, sell or destroy in Great Britain.
You must record and report ozone-depleting substances (ODS) you import, export, sell or destroy in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Record your ozone-depleting substance activities
You can use your own systems to keep records.
You must record amounts of:
- ODS
- equipment containing ODS
If you destroy ODS you must record the:
- quantity of each of the gases that you destroyed
- technologies used to destroy the gases
- quantity of each of the gases that you held in stock at the end of the year to be destroyed
Report your ozone-depleting substance activities
When you need to report
You must submit your annual activity report by 31 March for the previous calendar year to the Environment Agency.
For example, you have until 31 March 2023 to report your ODS activities during 2022.
How to submit your report
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Register for an ozone-depleting substances (ODS) account (if you do not have an organisation ID already).
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Download, fill in and submit the annual report to the Environment Agency F gas support team at f-gassupport@environment-agency.gov.uk.
Last updated 14 November 2022 + show all updates
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Updated the name of the GB ODS Registry to the ODS service. Restructured page for better information flow. Added email address to the Environment Agency's F gas support team.
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Link added to the annual reporting templates.
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Updated with guidance on recording and reporting ODS from 1 January.
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First published.