Legal Texts And Legal Regulations; Laws And Regulations - Skoda Citigo 2012 Workshop Manual

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Legal texts and legal regulations

⇒ "3.1 Laws and regulations", page 33
⇒ "3.2 Verification procedure of refrigerant", page 34
3.1

Laws and regulations

The effects of the climate change can now be observed world‐
wide. The climate protection is therefore one of the most impor‐
tant tasks of mankind. This task presents huge challenges for all
the parties concerned.
The global climate protection goals are defined, among other
things, in the so-called Kyoto Protocol. In this protocol are inclu‐
ded carbon dioxide reduction targets as well as targets for reduc‐
ing fluorinated greenhouse gases such as for the refrigerant
R134a due to the high greenhouse potential.
Numerous relevant laws were adopted for the motor industry for
example at the European level:
♦ Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2009 (replaces the regulation (EC)
No. 2037/2000)
♦ Regulation (EC) No. 842/2006
♦ Regulation (EC) No. 706/2007
♦ Regulation (EC) No. 307/2008
♦ Guideline 2006/40/EC
Different or additional laws and directives apply in other countries
and on other continents.
All persons who carry out maintenance and repair work on air
conditioning systems for vehicles must have attended a training
course or a training program and must have general knowledge
(proof of expertise). Outside the European Community, different
or additional provisions may apply.
In general the following applies:
Operation, maintenance, take out of operation, guarantee of re‐
turn
♦ During the operation, when carrying out repair work and when
taking products out of operation that contain refrigerants, con‐
trary to the state of the art, it is prohibited to let those agents
escape into the atmosphere which are contained in these
products.
♦ Therefore it is recommended to keep records on the initial
quantity for the operation and maintenance work so that a
proof of use can be submitted at the request of the responsible
authority, if required. A record sheet must no longer be kept in
the EC on the basis of a Regulation of the European Parlia‐
ment in the year 2005. Other regulations maybe valid in coun‐
tries that do not belong to the EC.
♦ Distributors of agents and preparations referred to in the
above-mentioned regulations are required to withdraw these
agents and preparations after use or to ensure the withdrawal
by a third party designated by them.
♦ Maintenance work on products and those products which are
taken out of operation containing refrigerants, referred to in the
mentioned regulations as well as the withdrawal of the agents
and preparation referred to in these regulations must only be
carried out by persons who have the required expertise and
technical equipment.
Crimes and misdemeanors
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