THE European commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard, has suggested that a further tightening of the F-gas regulations can be expected next year.
Speaking on CO₂ reductions this week, the commissioner acknowledged that the Regulation had already contributed to EU commitments under the Kyoto Protocol and would adopt the review produced by Öko-Recherche 'in the coming weeks'.

'If properly applied, the Regulation on certain fluorinated gases (F-gases) could, together with the Directive on mobile air-conditioning, prevent almost half of the projected fluorinated gas emissions by 2050,' she said. 'Even more importantly, the report shows that there are options which could contribute to further cost-effective reductions. Therefore, I intend to put forward a legislative proposal in 2012.'