Can refrigerators be exported for re-use overseas?
The Regulation places a general ban on the export of used, recycled and reclaimed ozone-depleting substances to countries outside the European Union. They also prohibit the export of products and equipment containing CFCs or whose continuing function relies on supply of CFCs. Prospective exporters must satisfy themselves that any equipment to be exported contains no CFCs (including in the insulation foam as of 1 January 2002). • Exports of refrigeration equipment containing HCFCs, to any State not Party to the Montreal Protocol, shall be prohibited from 1 January 2004; • Exports to Parties to the Montreal Protocol may continue until 31 December 2009.
