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  • Article from 28.11.2024 | Last changed: 28.11.2024

    Commercial Refrigeration

    refrigeration unit

    … as plug-in refrigerated display cabinets are no longer eligible for funding. Legal regulations and availability of HFC refrigerants The Regulation (EU) 2024/573 on … über fluorierte Treibhausgase Umweltfreundliche Klimaanlagen in Bussen Tags F-gases refrigerant cooling … Commercial refrigeration systems are used to keep …

  • Article from 25.03.2024 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    TFA as degradation product of fluorinated greenhouse gases

    A hand holding a glas of water

    TFA as degradation product of fluorinated greenhouse gases TFA formed as a … Ability of politicians to act Tags climate protection degradation Abbauprodukt F-gases refrigerant natural refrigerant trifluoroacetate … Fluorinated gases in the …

  • Article from 15.05.2024 | Last changed: 08.11.2024

    The Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement

    H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President and other participants onstage during the Closing Plenary at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Dubai on December 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

    … collective progress in overall emission reductions, sectors and specific greenhouse gases. A performance distribution is a histogram that groups countries based on how … collective progress in overall emission reductions, sectors and specific greenhouse gases. A performance distribution is a histogram that groups countries based on how …

  • Article from 20.07.2020 | Last changed: 27.07.2020

    Electrical and electronic waste

    Old televisions and computer monitors on a pile.

    … Directive was adopted in 2003 for the purpose of instituting harmonized European regulations for electrical and electronic waste. The directive was transposed into …

  • Article from 22.01.2014 | Last changed: 03.11.2020

    End-of-life-vehicles

    Pressed old cars in a junkyard

    … 2000/53/EC , which in 2002 was transposed into German law via adoption of the ELV regulation. This law applies to cars (class M1 vehicles), light utility vehicles … N1 vehicles) and three-wheel motor vehicles (excluding motor tricycles). The ELV regulation (a) requires automakers to take back end-of-life-vehicles free of charge … Hence such cars may only be dismantled and scrapped by companies that have ELV regulation certification. The agency known as Gemeinsame Stelle Altfahrzeuge issues …

  • Article from 19.10.2017 | Last changed: 26.02.2018

    Plastics

    nach Farben sortiertes Plastikgranulat

    … at some point become waste. In the interest of recovering these plastics, various regulations of producer responsibility have been enacted with the goal of ensuring … plastics. The treatment of plastics in many different municipal waste streams is regulated by respective acts. For example, Germany’s Electrical Products Act …

  • Article from 07.01.2020 | Last changed: 09.01.2020

    Packaging

    Yellow bags of packaging waste

    … in 1991, and in 1994, the EU adopted the Packaging Directive. The German regulation was harmonized with the EU directive by an enactment of a new version of … Ordinance. It contains new, more ambitious recycling rates and further important regulations for a more transparent and fairer economic competition.  Like before, …

  • Article from 07.01.2020 | Last changed: 07.01.2020

    Product stewardship and waste management

        Old car tires into the reeds are between grasses in the water

    … return deposits for glass bottles and jars) can be set via laws, ordinances or regulations. The following laws define the scope of product stewardship for …

  • Article from 08.05.2014 | Last changed: 28.04.2022

    Waste regulations

    Golden paragraph mark surrounded by grey and white paragraph sign

    Waste regulations Environmental laws contribute to a cleaner environment Source: virtua73 … fact that, under the German Constitution, the federal government is charged with regulating waste disposal related matters (Article 74(1)(24)), the regional states … only have jurisdiction over those aspects of waste disposal that are not already regulated by federal law. Hence legal prescriptions in the states law tend to …

  • Article from 10.08.2021 | Last changed: 28.01.2025

    Non-extractable residues in persistence assessment

    … proposals ( Proposal 1 ,  Proposal 2 ) were further discussed by scientists, regulators and industry in a public consultation, which ended in September 2021. UBA … proposals ( Proposal 1 ,  Proposal 2 ) were further discussed by scientists, regulators and industry in a public consultation, which ended in September 2021. UBA …

  • Article from 19.05.2022 | Last changed: 06.06.2024

    The Mining Code of the ISA

    … The Mining Code of the ISA The Mining Code comprises the rules and regulations for all mining activities on the deep seabed, from prospecting and … Mining Code resides with the ISA. Whereas the ISA has already adopted appropriate regulations for prospecting and exploration, the legal requirements for mining …

  • Article from 19.05.2022 | Last changed: 27.04.2023

    ISA: Organs, decision-making processes and operating principles

    … Secretary General of the ISA, fixes the budget of the Authority, approves rules, regulations and procedures adopted by other bodies and reviews their (annual) … the executive body of the ISA (UNCLOS Article 162). It temporarily adopts "rules, regulations and procedures" and approves mining projects. The Council has met twice …