Amendments to the Management Regulations for Hydrochlorofluorocarbons｜第 2 條｜大氣環境｜Regulation｜In Force
環境部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2025-10-13
The terms used in these Regulations are defined as follows: 1. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) refers to the controlled substances listed in Annex C, Group I of the Montreal Protocol and announced by the central competent authority, including compounds or mixtures in their virgin, recovered, recycled or reclaimed forms. 2. HCFC-containing products or equipment refers to goods, components, and systems containing HCFCs as defined in the preceding subparagraph. 3. Production refers to the net quantity derived from the domestic production quantity of HCFCs, minus the quantities recovered, converted into other chemical substances during the process, and the quantities destroyed by technologies to be approved by the Montreal Protocol. However, quantities recovered and reused are not considered production quantities. 4. Consumption refers to the net quantity derived from the sum of HCFCs production and imports minus exports. This excludes the quantities entirely used as feedstock in the manufacture of other chemicals, recycled or reused, destroyed, or exempted purposes approved under the Montreal Protocol. 5. Ozone Depleting Potential metric tons (hereinafter referred to as ODP metric tons) refers to the calculation of any HCFCs measured in metric tons multiplied by its respective ODP value listed in Group 1 of Annex C to the Montreal Protocol. 6. User refers to entities that use HCFCs in product manufacturing or performing maintenance. 7. Supplier refers to any entity that imports or manufactures HCFCs and supplies them to user enterprises or distributors. 8. Implementation Record refers to the documented data provided by user enterprises on the quantity of use, or by supplier enterprises, on the volume of import clearance, sales, manufacturing performance and inventory. The data shall be substantiated with relevant documentation and subject to verification by the central competent authority. 9. Recovery refers to the activity of collecting and storing HCFCs from machinery, equipment, or containers. 10. Reuse refers to the activity of using recovered HCFCs after the basic purification processes such as filtering or drying.