New compulsory licence condition on Pre-charged Equipment Licences
The Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts has imposed a product stewardship requirement on all Pre-charged Equipment Licences. This licence condition applies to existing licences and to new licences.
Product stewardship is an approach that ensures responsibility for the environmental impacts of a product throughout its full life cycle. In the case of refrigeration and air conditioning products, the emphasis is on minimising emissions of refrigerant gases, particularly at the end of the product's life, where emissions are highest. A typical product stewardship scheme would seek to recover and destroy surplus gas during maintenance or decommissioning of the product.
The new product stewardship condition came into effect on 15 April 2005 for all Pre-Charged Equipment Licences. Please note that failure to comply with a condition imposed on a licence may result in the cancellation of the licence under section 20 of the Ozone and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989.
More information
If you would like more information about the New compulsory licence condition on Pre-charged Equipment Licences, please contact
Ozone and Synthetic Gas Team
phone: (02) 6274 1373 / (02) 6274 1237
email: ozone@environment.gov.au
More details on Refrigerant Reclaim Australia can be found at http://www.refrigerantreclaim.com.au/ or by contacting Refrigerant Reclaim Australia on (02) 6230 5244.
Licences
Pre-charged Equipment Licences
Refrigeration and air-conditioning
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