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The Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 put in place a quota system for hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) to reduce the supply of these gases to the European Union market. The European Commission has monitored and analysed the EU HFC market employing external consultants since the beginning of the phase-down in 2015. The results of this monitoring with respect to HFC availability on the European Union market and the most relevant influential factors have been published on 16 December 2020.

The European Consultations start with a ‘Roadmap/Inception Impact Assessment’ followed by a ‘Public Consultation’. The Roadmap looks for general comments of the interested persons and stakeholders. The Consultation is the second phase and consists of detailed questionnaires. The industry benefits from responding to these Consultations.

The second stakeholder meeting on the preparatory study for Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS) was held on 15 December 2020. The study team presented and discussed the deliverables. The proposed Ecodesign requirements for control systems are made separately at the packaged product level and at the installed product level. Written comments on the proposal may be submitted until 19 January 2021.

New version of EPREL (1.37.0) has been released in the PRODUCTION environment on 18 December 2020 at 16:00h. This update includes new functionalities for MSA and cosmetic changes.

The European Commission has included fans and refrigerated display cabinets in the scope of products where it intends to submit a standardisation request in 2021 to support the implementation regulations.

On behalf of all of us at Eurovent, I would like to sincerely wish you a very happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year. May it be filled with health and happiness, as well as personal and professional success and growth for all.

New version of EPREL (1.36.0) has been released in the ACCEPTANCE environment on 04 December 2020 and in the PRODUCTION environment on 14 December 2020. The latest versions succeed the previous updates.

Brussels, 18 December 2020. On Tuesday, 26 January 2021, Eurovent will host an expert webinar on Industry Recommendation covering Ecodesign and Energy Labelling requirements for refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function. The webinar will take place from 14:30-16:00h and the speakers include members of the Eurovent Product Group ‘Commercial Refrigeration Equipment’.

The European Commission is seeking feedback on the draft delegated act establishing the technical screening criteria under the Taxonomy Regulation. These technical screening criteria specify the conditions under which particular economic activities qualify as sustainable. They include activities in the HVACR sector. The draft act is open for feedback until 18 December 2020.

The Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Committee and the Energy Labelling Expert Group have voted/discussed the draft omnibus amendment to several 2019 Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Regulations. These draft acts aim to amend several pieces of legislation, those of relevance for Eurovent are (EU) 2019/2024 – (EU) 2019/2018 (refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function).