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related to ATMOsphere Europe 2015
published on 16 March 2015
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Mikkel Sørensen, from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, spoke of the the socio-economic effects in further regulating the use of HFCs in Denmark. As F-Gas regulations have already been in place in Denmark for many years and have attained a significant reduction of HFC use, the EU F-Gas Regulation will not have a drastic effect. For this reason, Sørensen presented the future options relating to the national ban on HFCs, which apply to all equipment except for that with a refrigerant charge between 150g and 10kg. The Danish EPA is currently considering changing this rule and setting a limit in terms of CO₂ equivalent instead of kg, which would better reflect the environmental impact of refrigerants. The limit of 5t CO₂eq would result in emissions savings of 3.95 million t CO₂eq over 30 years, while the tax lost calculated would amount to €130 million. Sørensen sees this could negatively affect small businesses, however. €1 million has been set aside to support companies to move voluntarily to natural refrigerants in applications where the use of HFCs is still legal.

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