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A-Gas International Ltd.

A-Gas is the world leader in the supply and lifecycle management of refrigerants and associated products and services.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Circular Economy Act

6 Nov 2025

A-Gas welcomes the European Commissions initiative on the Circular Economy Act and highlights the importance of refrigerant reclamation in advancing circularity within the Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, and Heat Pump (RACHP) sector. Reclamation the reprocessing of recovered refrigerant gases to virgin-equivalent quality delivers major climate and resource efficiency benefits. To unlock this potential, A-Gas calls for clearer and more consistent legislation across the CEA, F-gas Regulation, and WEEE Directive, as well as stronger enforcement to reduce the impact of illegal trade in refrigerants on the circularity of the sector. Aligning these frameworks would support compliance, reduce illegal trade, and drive investment and job creation in sustainable technologies.
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Meeting with Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Oct 2025 · F-gassen

Response to Heating and cooling strategy

9 Oct 2025

The upcoming EU Heating and Cooling Strategy presents a major opportunity to decarbonise a sector that accounts for half of the EUs total final energy use, 70% of which still relies on fossil fuels. Electrified solutions like heat pumps are key to this transition, offering efficient and renewable-based heating and cooling. However, achieving this transformation requires technological flexibility, coherent policies, and balanced regulation of refrigerants. F-gases, which play a crucial role in heat pumps and cooling systems, must be carefully managed to minimise climate impact without jeopardising the rollout of clean technologies. Energy efficiency and refrigerant flexibility should remain central to the strategy, with installations free to use the most suitable refrigerants under strict environmental safeguards. While the revised EU F-gas Regulation (EU 2024/573) governs refrigerant use, it lacks strong provisions for large-scale recovery, reclamation, and reuse a missed opportunity to enhance circularity. Strengthening these aspects through complementary measures, such as an Implementing Act under the Circular Economy framework, would help maintain F-gas availability, reduce virgin production, and support the shift to low-GWP alternatives. Enforcing recovery and reuse requirements would bolster resource efficiency and ensure the Heating and Cooling Strategy fully contributes to the EUs broader decarbonisation objectives.
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Meeting with Paulius Saudargas (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

7 May 2025 · End-of-life vehicles regulation

Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament) and Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies and Honeywell Europe NV

6 May 2025 · Austausch zu EU Politik

Meeting with Paulius Saudargas (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association and

30 Jan 2025 · End -of-life vehicles regulation

Response to Update of format of F-gas labels

4 Jun 2024

The comments of A-Gas relate to art. 1(7)(a) of the proposal for an implementing act on the label format. The proposal foresees a specific labelling requirement for reclaimed and recycled refrigerants ('100% reclaimed' or '100% recycled'). We are concerned that this requirement will reduce specifically the availability of reclaimed refrigerants which are necessary to counterbalance the planned quota phase down. The current wording of the draft implementing act needs to be further elaborated and needs to be evaluated in light of the requirements for maintenance and servicing of existing equipment (Art. 13 of the F-gas Regulation) which foresees a different approach and deadlines for both virgin and reclaimed/recycled refrigerants. More elaborated input is available in the enclosed file.
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