Fluorinated Greenhouse Gas Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 279 of 2011).

These Regulations, for purposes of implementation in Ireland of Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases, specify various requirements to be met by operators of stationary applications and equipment which contain certain fluorinated greenhouse gases, by producers, importers or exporters of certain fluorinated greenhouse gases and by companies taking delivery of greenhouse gases. They also, among other things: designate competent bodies to administer specific provisions of the Regulation; assign duties to the Environmental Protection Agency as the competent authority for the purposes of the Regulation; set out various offences for persons carrying out activities involving certain fluorinated greenhouse gases without appropriate qualifications or for their failure to comply with the provisions of these Regulations or the Regulation.