If you are from Europe, you may have been nervous because of the new European Reglementation 517 /2014.
In Fact, what really related to us for this regulation is about purchasing the sales quota of refrigerant r410a, which means, as our customer, you will have to have a European ID account in Europe.
You can buy the refrigerant quota from anyone that holds the quota, included our refrigerant supplier which can offer quota to you at their price.
Maybe you can consult your shipping agent that do the custom operation for you as they may have the experiences with deal and help their customer to take care of this issue.
When you are considering how much r410a quota you will need to purchase, kindly note CO2 EQUIVALNET shall be calculated.
For R410A , CO2 equivalent= r410a amount *2088
For example: an OSB heat pump refrigerant amount is 90g, then CO2 equivalent=90*2088=187,920 g.
And the R410A quota you need is based on the CO2 amount.
For example, for one order, total heat pump refrigerant amount is 100kg, then you need to buy quota =100*2088kg
Quota is needed for the import of bulk gas only. Importers of HFCs in recharged equipment require a quota authorization. Both – quotas and (quota) authorizations are not needed for imports of less than 100t of CO2 equivalent of HFC per year (in equipment or as bulk gas).
Again, all the new regulation and directives from Europe recent years are about the 20/20/20 goals, the EU plans to achieve the so-called 20-20-20 target, which aims, by 2020, to:
Decrease CO² emissions by 20%
Reduce the use of primary energy by 20%
Increase renewable energy share by 20%
And that’s why OSB also starting mass development of R32 heat pump models to participate in protecting the earth! More importantly to help our customer to continue the heat pump business without too much importation trouble.
More information about OSB R32 heat pump models, please feel free to contact us.Thank you !