
Article 1 
This Regulation establishes the form of the labels to be used and the additional labelling requirements which shall apply to the types of products and equipment listed in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 842/2006.
Article 2 

1. The products and equipment covered by this Regulation shall be marked with a label containing the following information:
(a) the text ‘Contains fluorinated greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol’;
(b) the abbreviated chemical names for the fluorinated greenhouse gases contained or designed to be contained in the equipment using accepted industry nomenclature standard to the equipment or substance;
(c) the quantity of the fluorinated greenhouse gases, expressed in kilograms;
(d) the text ‘hermetically sealed’ where applicable.
2. In addition to the labelling requirements referred to in paragraph 1, refrigeration and air conditioning products and equipment as well as heat pumps, which are insulated with foam blown with fluorinated greenhouse gases, before being placed on the market, shall be marked with a label containing the following text: ‘Foam blown with fluorinated greenhouse gases’.
3. Where fluorinated greenhouse gases may be added outside the manufacturing site and the resulting total quantity is not defined by the manufacturer, the label shall contain the quantity charged in the manufacturing plant and shall provide space on the label for the quantity to be added outside the manufacturing plant as well as for the resulting total quantity of fluorinated greenhouse gases.
4. Member States may make the placing on the market of products and equipment covered by this Regulation on their territory subject to use of their official languages in respect of the labelling requirements referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.
Article 3 

1. The information referred to in Article 2 shall be indicated on a label which shall be affixed to the products and equipment covered by this Regulation.
2. The information shall stand out clearly from the background of the label and shall be of such size and spacing as to be clearly legible.Where the information required by this Regulation is added to a label already affixed to the product or equipment concerned, the font size shall not be smaller than the minimum size of other information on that label.
3. The entire label and its contents shall be designed so as to ensure that it remains securely in place on the product or equipment and shall be legible under normal operational conditions, throughout the entire period during which the product or equipment contains fluorinated greenhouse gases.
Article 4 

1. In addition to the places indicated in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 842/2006, the labels may also be placed on, or adjacent to existing nameplates or product information labels, or adjacent to servicing access locations.
2. For air conditioning products and equipment as well as heat pumps with separate indoor and outdoor sections connected by refrigerant piping, the label information shall be placed on that part of the equipment which is initially charged with the refrigerant.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply with effect from 1 April 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 17 December 2007.
For the Commission
Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission