Environment Agency issues F-gas fines totalling £167,400
2nd July 2025
UK: The Environment Agency has reported seven more cases of violations of the UK F-gas regulation totalling £167,400.
Six of the cases, which attracted fines ranging from £2,000 to £42,000, relate to failures in obtaining sufficient F-gas quota authorisations. The other relates to placing non-refillable F-gas cylinders on the market.
While the Environment Agency does not publish the dates of these fines, they would all have been imposed at least 12 months ago.
The companies involved the the quota violations were issued with the civil penalty under regulation 31A of the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No.310) (as amended) for failing to obtain sufficient HFC quota authorisations before placing HFCs on the market within Great Britain (GB), contrary to Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated greenhouse gases.
