Recital 17

(17) In May 2022, the Commission presented the REPowerEU Plan. The REPowerEU Plan includes a target to roll out 10 million hydronic heat pumps by 2027 and to double the rate of heat pump deployment by 2030, resulting in a total additional deployment of at least 30 million heat pumps by 2030. Whereas the heat pump sector will shift to lower GWP refrigerants as a result of the measures provided for under this Regulation, any increase in the deployment of heat pumps as envisaged by REPowerEU could impact the availability of HFCs on the Union market, and will depend in part on the market uptake of alternative technology before the entry into force of the prohibitions on the placing on the market under Annex IV and on the amount of heat pumps deployed that still require higher GWP gases. The Commission should closely monitor market developments, including the development of prices of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Section 1 of Annex I and assess at least annually whether severe shortages exist that could endanger the attainment of the REPowerEU heat pump deployment targets. If the Commission finds that such shortages exist, it should be possible to make additional amounts of HFC quota available for the heat pump sector, in addition to the quota set out under Annex VII.

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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.