Republic of Serbia Ministry of Environmental Protection Licensing

Republic of Serbia Ministry of Environmental Protection Licensing system for HFCs in Serbia Bojana Radeski Group for the Ozone Layer Protection Thematic meeting on HCFC phase-out management plans and HFCs phase-down initiatives, Tirana, Albania, 10 -12 October 2017

Licensing system - the authority of the NOO within the Ministry of Environmental Protection • Permits for import and export HCFCs • Permits for import and export HFCs • Permits for import and export of products and equipment containing or relying on HCFCs or HFCs • Permits for centres to perform activities of recovery, recycling and reclamation of ODSs and F-gases • Permits to service companies - Installation, maintenance or servicing and decommissioning products and equipment that containing or relying on ODSs or F-gases

Permits and control for import and export HFCs ü Licensing system for import/export HFCs since 2009 Legislative Framework for issuing permits v v Law on Air Protection (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 36/09 and 10/13) Regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases management, as well as on conditions for license issuance to import and export of such gases („Official Gazette of RS”, No. 120/13) Customs officers – control imports and exports v Decision on determining the goods for whose import, export or transit prescribed obtaining proper documents (, , Official Gazette RS”, No. 32/2015 and 109/2015)

Procedure for issuing a license Application for permit registration Submitting documentation Cooperation with Customs Administration Ministry of Environmental Protection importer Checking documentation + i. PIC consultation ok 3 copies of permit inspection NOU

The necessary documentation for obtaining the license for export/import HFCs (Art. 6 of Regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases management, as well as on conditions for license issuance to import and export of such gases („Official Gazette of RS”, No. 120/13)) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. application should be filed on the prescribed form; pro-forma invoice of the company supplier of goods; certificate and/or declaration on origin, type, quantity, composition of gas or mixture to be imported and/or exported; information on the purpose of importation; proof of payment of the administrative fee. Permit shall be issued in form of a decision, no later than 30 days after the complete application is filed. ü Permit shall be issued for each delivery separately and shall be valid by the end of a calendar quarter for which it has been issued. ü

Obligations and rights of legal entities and entrepreneurs registered for the activities of import and/or export of fluorinated greenhouse gases (Art. 7 of Regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases management, as well as on conditions for license issuance to import and export of such gases („Official Gazette of RS”, No. 120/13)) 1) promptly submit to the Ministry proof of imported and/or exported quantities of fluorinated greenhouse gases – customs declaration with the copy of the invoice of the supplier of goods 2) keep records on the import of fluorinated greenhouse gases and end-users of these gases as follows: separately on the imported quantity for each fluorinated greenhouse gas; quantities placed on the domestic market; per gas and its end purpose; as well as current stocks 3) keep records on the export of fluorinated greenhouse gases as follows: exported quantity of fluorinated greenhouse gases, determining separately the quantities exported into each individual county; all quantities of collected fluorinated greenhouse gases exported for recycling, reclamation and/or thermal treatment, as well as current stocks 4) submit annual reports to the Ministry on performed import and/or export for each individual fluorinated greenhouse gas, up to 31 January at the latest for the previous year. 5) label containers with imported fluorinated greenhouse gases, before placing on the market (the label shall include the chemical name, chemical formula, and, if available, commercial name and abbreviated name, UN no. and CAS no. of substances. On the label and/or container shall be the name and address of manufacturer and serial no. of substances)

Cooperation with Customs Administration The Ministry keeps records of issued permits, importers and exporters, types of f-gases or mixtures, imported and exported quantities Customs control of imports and exports is in accordance with Decision on determining the goods for whose import, export or transit prescribed obtaining proper documents (, , Official Gazette RS”, No. 32/2015 and 109/2015) On the basis of a request with the list of tariff codes of substances, the Customs Administration submits quarterly reports on imported/exported quantities of ODSs and F-gases to the Ministry Cross checking data

Comparison with HCFCs licensing system Management of f-gases in Serbia at this moment follows the structure of the ODS management Licensing system HCFCs HFCs remarks Application documentation prescribed form different administrative tax Quota system – control of consumption Yes No i. PIC consultation Yes optionally For export HFCs Obligation of importer/exporter prescribed Fees for imported quantity of HCFCs

Conclusions Management of f-gases in Serbia at this moment follows the structure of the ODS management, with both groups of substances being used mostly as refrigerants. Licensing system for HFCs is efficient Improvement: E-system for application and issuing permits Software – connection with Customs Quota system for HFCs?

THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION! bojana. djurovic@ekologija. gov. rs