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MEDIA ADVISORY on HFO-1234yf

[17/01/12, Brussels] On the occasion of the press conference organised by Michèle Rivasi MEP on the use of a new MAC refrigerant in cars

  • Vehicles using HFO-1234yf are as safe as those using the previous refrigerant.
        This applies to vehicle occupants, vehicle servicing staff and emergency services.
  • The auto industry always conducts - as a standard procedure - a risk assessment when introducing new elements into its vehicles. 
        Such risk assessment has, therefore, been done also in the case of the refrigerant HFO-1234yf
        It covered all aspects of vehicle use, including normal road use and vehicle accidents, vehicle aging, servicing activities, and end of life treatment.
  • Intensive research and analysis by various authoritative parties (SAE, US EPA) has also established that the chosen refrigerant is clearly suitable for a safe utilisation in the MAC system. 
        In addition to convincingly meeting the Global Warming Potential standards as required by the revised Directive 2006/40/EC relating to emissions from air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles.
  • Safe application of HFO-1234yf in a MAC system is covered and exhaustively described in the International standard ISO 13043 (Road vehicles — Refrigerant systems used in Mobile Air Conditioning systems (MAC) — Safety requirements) and the SAE international standard J 639 (Safety Standards for Motor Vehicles Refrigerant Vapour Compression Systems).

 

Relevant links (non exhaustive)

For a PDF version of this Media Advisory, please click MEDIA_ADVISORY_on_1234yf.pdf

 

Last Updated 17/01/12

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