Management Regulations for Hydrofluorocarbons｜第 2 條｜氣候變遷｜Regulation｜In Force
環境部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2025-02-25
The terms used in these Regulations are defined as follows: 1. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) refers to the controlled substances listed in Annex F of the Montreal Protocol and announced by the central competent authority, including pure substances and mixtures thereof, but excluding substances already contained in products. 2. Products refers to goods and components, as well as systems including such components. However, the containers used for storing or transporting HFCs are excluded. 3. Consumptions refers to the net quantity derived from the sum of production and imports minus exports, multiplied by the global warming potential of each substance, expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents. 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. 4. Allocation Quotas refers to the total annual consumption quantity allocated by the central competent authority to Entities eligible for allocation. 5. Production refers to the net quantity derived from the domestic production quantity, 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. 6. Approved Quantity refers to the quantity used as feedstock, recycled or reused, destroyed, or exempted under decisions adopted by the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. 7. User refers to entities that use HFCs in processes and fill HFCs into products during manufacturing or performing maintenance. 8. Supplier refers to entities that imports, exports, refines or blends HFCs and supplies them to the Users or distributors. 9. Implementation Record refers to data such as the usage by Users and Suppliers, import clearance volumes, export clearance volumes, procurement volumes, inventory, and sales volumes, supported by documentary evidence. 10. HCFCs Implementation Record refers to the information reported in accordance with Article 16 of the Regulations for Management of HCFC Consumption. 11. Recovery refers to the act of collecting and storing HFCs from machinery, equipment, containers, or products. 12. Reuse refers to the act of using recovered HFCs after the basic purification process such as filtering or drying.