Fines totalling over £400K for F-gas quota violations
1st November 2025
UK: The Environment Agency has issued fines totalling over £400,000 for breaches of the F-gas refrigerant regulations.
The 10 companies were all fined under regulation 31A of the F-gas regulations 2015 for failing to obtain sufficient quota authorisations before placing HFCs on the GB market.
The fines, totalling £426,300, were imposed on 10 companies. The largest fine of £165,000 was imposed on temperature-controlled transport company Schmitz Cargobull UK. One of the most prominent companies, Rolls Royce Motor Cars, received two fines totalling £24,000.
While the Environment Agency does not publish the dates of these civil fines, they would all have been imposed at least 12 months ago.
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