Guide to Products Conforming to International Legislation

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EU F-Gas Regulation

The EU F-Gas Regulation became effective beginning January 2015, making it mandatory for importers who import SMC’s refrigerated air dryers/thermo-chillers into the EU region to apply and register on the F-Gas Registration website, obtain import quota licenses, prepare the declaration of conformity, undergo an audit, report through the F-Gas Registration website, etc., beginning January 2017. Table 1 shows a list of products subject to this regulation. SMC imports products subject to this regulation into the EU region according to the actions as shown in Figure 1.
For the customer, purchasing the products from our local subsidiary in Europe eliminates cumbersome procedures.
Additionally, when the customer will handle the regulation, each importer (customer’s local subsidiary/agent or end user) who is the first to receive the product subject to this regulation in Europe must perform the five tasks as shown in Figure 1.

Table 1 Refrigerated Air Dryers/Thermo-chillers subject to EU F-Gas Regulation

Refrigerated Air Dryer Refrigerated Thermo-chiller
IDF□ Series
IDU Series
IDH Series
INOD Series
HRR□ Series
HRL□ Series
HRZ□ Series
HRS□ Series
HRG□ Series
HRD□ Series
INR-242, 338, 341, 495, 496, 497, 499, 570 Series

Figure 1 Actions taken by SMC on the EU F-Gas Regulation

EU F-Gas Regulation

List of local subsidiaries of SMC Europe
(with import quota licenses available)

Country Name Local Corporation Download
Ireland SMC Industorial Automation (Ireland) Limited. DL
Italy/Greece SMC Italia S.p.A. DL
Austria SMC Austria GmbH DL
Netherlands SMC Nederland B.V. DL
Netherlands SMC Corporation (Cross dock) DL
Sweden SMC Automation AB DL
Spain/Portugal SMC España S.A. DL
Denmark SMC DANMARK A/S DL
Germany SMC Deutschland GmbH DL
Finland SMC Automation Oy DL
France SMC France DL
Belgium SMC Belgium N.V./S.A DL
Belgium SMC Corporation (ECW2) DL
Romania SC SMC Romania S.r.l. DL

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