For the information of enterprises and organizations using air conditioners and other equipment containing refrigerants

The Rossony District Inspectorate of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection (hereinafter referred to as the Inspectorate) draws the attention of organizations and enterprises using air conditioners and other equipment containing refrigerants classified as ozone-safe substances to the requirements of the Instruction on the procedure for inventorying equipment and technical devices containing ozone-depleting and (or) ozone-safe substances, approved by the Resolution of the Ministry of Natural Resources dated December 8, 2014 No. 42 (as amended on May 26, 2020) (hereinafter referred to as the Instruction), which establishes the list of ozone-safe substances contained in equipment and technical devices for which inventory is carried out.

LIST
of ozone-safe substances contained in equipment and technical devices for which inventory is carried out

No. in order	Substance Name	Chemical Formula, Common Name	Harmonized Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union (HS FEA EAEU) Code
1	HFC-23	CHF₃, Trifluoromethane	2903 39 230 0
2	HFC-32	CH₂F₂, Difluoromethane	2903 39 210 0
3	HFC-41	CH₃F, Fluoromethane	from 2903 39 290 0
4	HFC-43-10mee	CF₃CHFCHFCF₂CF₃, 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-Decafluoropentane	from 2903 39 290 0
5	HFC-125	CHF₂CF₃, Pentafluoroethane	from 2903 39 240 0
6	HFC-134	CHF₂CHF₂, 1,1,2,2-Tetrafluoroethane	from 2903 39 290 0
7	HFC-134a	CH₂FCF₃, 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane	2903 39 260 0
8	HFC-143	CH₂FCHF₂, 1,1,2-Trifluoroethane	from 2903 39 290 0
9	HFC-143a	CH₃CF₃, 1,1,1-Trifluoroethane	from 2903 39 240 0
10	HFC-152	CH₂FCH₂F, 1,2-Difluoroethane	from 2903 39 290 0
11	HFC-152a	CH₃CHF₂, 1,1-Difluoroethane	2903 39 250 0
12	HFC-227ea	CF₃CHFCF₃, 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-Heptafluoropropane	from 2903 39 270 0
13	HFC-236cb	CH₂FCF₂CF₃, 1,1,1,2,2,3-Hexafluoropropane	from 2903 39 270 0
14	HFC-236ea	CHF₂CHFCF₃, 1,1,1,2,3,3-Hexafluoropropane	from 2903 39 270 0
15	HFC-236fa	CF₃CH₂CF₃, 1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluoropropane	from 2903 39 270 0
16	HFC-245ca	CH₂FCF₂CHF₂, 1,1,2,2,3-Pentafluoropropane	from 2903 39 270 0
17	HFC-245fa	CHF₂CH₂CF₃, 1,1,1,3,3-Pentafluoropropane	from 2903 39 270 0
18	HFC-365mfc	CF₃CH₂CF₂CH₃, 1,1,1,3,3-Pentafluorobutane	from 2903 39 290 0

The practice of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Natural Resources shows that in a significant number of cases, enterprises and organizations using air conditioners containing the above refrigerants with ozone-safe substances violate the requirements of Article 13 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 12.11.2001 No. 56-Z "On the Protection of the Ozone Layer" regarding the failure to conduct an inventory of equipment and technical devices containing ozone-depleting and (or) ozone-safe substances included in the list of ozone-safe substances.

For your information.

Enterprise D operates 2 units of Haier air conditioning equipment containing the ozone-safe substance HFC-32, 0.9 kg each, and one Haier air conditioner containing the ozone-safe substance HFC-32, 0.5 kg (recorded on the enterprise's balance sheet since February 2022, manufactured in August 2021 in the People's Republic of China).

For reference: The Instruction establishes a list of ozone-safe substances contained in equipment and technical devices subject to inventory, where item 2 specifies the ozone-safe substance HFC-32 (CH2F2, difluoromethane).

Thus, in accordance with the requirements of clauses 3, 6, 8, and 10 of the Instruction, the enterprise was required to, no later than January 20, 2023:

– designate a responsible person (commission) for the inventory of equipment and technical devices containing ozone-depleting and/or ozone-safe substances;

– conduct an inventory of equipment and technical devices containing ozone-depleting and/or ozone-safe substances at the enterprise;

– compile an inventory record indicating Haier air conditioners containing the ozone-safe substance HFC-32, in the form according to the appendix to the Instruction on the procedure for conducting an inventory of equipment and technical devices containing ozone-depleting and/or ozone-safe substances.

The aforementioned work has not been carried out by Enterprise D, thereby violating the requirements of Article 13 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus of November 12, 2001 No. 56-Z "On the Protection of the Ozone Layer".

Administrative liability for this offense is provided for by Article 16.43 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus: violation of legislation on the protection of the ozone layer – entails a fine of two to thirty basic units, for an individual entrepreneur – from five to one hundred basic units, and for a legal entity – up to five hundred basic units.