art_13__para_11

11. By way of derogation from paragraph 9, the putting into operation of electrical switchgear using or whose functioning relies upon insulating or breaking medium with a global warming potential lower than 1 000 is allowed if, following a procurement procedure that considers the technical specificities of the equipment required for the specific use concerned one of the following situations applies: during the first 2 years after the relevant dates referred to in paragraph 9, points (a) and (b), no bids or only bids offering equipment from one manufacturer of electrical switchgear with insulating or breaking medium not using fluorinated greenhouse gases were received; during the first 2 years after the relevant dates referred to in paragraph 9, points (c) and (d), no bids or only bids offering equipment from one manufacturer of electrical switchgear with insulating or breaking medium with a global warming potential of less than one was received; after the 2-year period referred to in point (a), no bids were received offering equipment from one manufacturer of electrical switchgear with insulating or breaking medium not using fluorinated greenhouse gases; or after the 2-year period referred to in point (b), no bids were received offering equipment from one manufacturer of electrical switchgear with insulating or breaking medium with a global warming potential of less than one.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.