art_5__para_6

6. The leak checks referred to in paragraph 1 shall be carried out with the following frequency: for equipment that contains less than 50 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I or less than 10 kilograms of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Section 1 of Annex II: at least every 12 months; or where a leakage detection system is installed in such equipment, at least every 24 months; for equipment that contains 50 tonnes of CO2 equivalent or more, but less than 500 tonnes of CO2 equivalent of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I or 10 kilograms or more, but less than 100 kilograms of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Section 1 of Annex II: at least every 6 months or, where a leakage detection system is installed in such equipment, at least every 12 months; for equipment that contains 500 tonnes of CO2 equivalent or more of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I or 100 kilograms or more of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Section 1 of Annex II: at least every 3 months or, where a leakage detection system is installed in such equipment, at least every 6 months.

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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.