Tim You can read Common Position EC #19/1999 at
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/enveco/climate_change/emission_reductions.pdf reading through this and speaking to the companies environmental adviser, you have been miss informed. HCFC are the temporary replacement for CFCs, and they will be phased out eventually, but at this date no one has yet come up with a 100% suitable alternative. tinb...@aol.com wrote: > Environmental Professionals, > > Is anyone familiar with a "Common Position EC #19/1999, Official Journal of > European Commision, 4/5/99". > > I was told that the EC#19/1999 is a European regulation that prohibits the > shipment of equipment containing HCFC into the EU after January 1, 2001. > > I am curious whether this EC #19/1999 is truly a "European Regulation or > Directive" and if so, does it really prohibit HCFC to be shipped into the EU > after January 1, 20001. > > Regards > > Tin > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com > Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org -- Andrew Carson - Product Safety Engineer Xyratex Engineering Laboratory Tele 023 92496855 Fax 023 92496014 ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org