Environment Agency
If youre an F gas quota holder you can manage your fluorinated gas (F gas) quota to:
- transfer some of your quota to another producer or importer of bulk hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) - the most common type of F gas
- authorise another company to use some or all of your quota to import or manufacture pre-charged equipment
- delegate quota authorisations to a third party
Quota expires on 31 December each year. You must complete your transaction before 31 December for it to count towards that same calendar year.
You cannot transfer:
- any of your quota if youre a new entrant (you did not place HFCs on the market between 2015 and 2019)
- additional quota youve applied for as an incumbent
- delegated authorisations if youre an importer or manufacturer of pre-charged equipment
- quota between the EU system and the system for Great Britain
If youre a new entrant and you authorise an equipment importer to use your quota, youll need to demonstrate you have physically supplied the HFCs.
If youre a bulk quota holder or an authorisation manager with quota authorisations, you can delegate these to a third party. Read guidance on importing or manufacturing equipment pre-charged with HFCs.
Last updated 2 August 2022 +show all updates
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This page has been re-written to provide more accurate information on how to transfer and authorise F gas quota to another business. Information on importing pre-charged equipment, getting quota authorisations and delegations, labelling and product bans has been removed and relocated to a new page 'Import, export or manufacture equipment pre-charged with F gas'.Information on importing bulk HFCs to pre-charge equipment for export has been moved to the page Applying for quota to produce or import bulk F gas.Information on converting EU quota authorisations into GB authorisations has been removed.
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Updated with guidance on rules from 1 January 2021.
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First published.