1.   The information on a label shall stand out clearly from the background of the label and shall be of such size and spacing as to be clearly readable. Where the information required by this Regulation is added to a label already affixed to the product or equipment concerned, the font size shall not be smaller than the minimum size of other information on that label or on existing nameplates or on other product information labels.

2.   The entire label and its contents shall be designed so as to ensure that it remains securely in place on the product or equipment and shall be legible under normal operational conditions, throughout the entire period during which the product or equipment contains fluorinated greenhouse gases.

3.   Products and equipment referred to in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014, shall be marked with a label containing information pursuant to Article 12(3) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 and include the text ‘Contains fluorinated greenhouse gases’.

4.   The weight of the fluorinated greenhouse gases shall be expressed in kilograms and the CO2 equivalent shall be expressed in tonnes.

5.   When equipment is pre-charged with, or when its functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases and such gases may be added outside the manufacturing site and the resulting total quantity is not defined by the manufacturer, the label shall contain the quantity charged at the manufacturing site, or the quantity for which it is designed, and shall provide space on the label for the quantity added outside the manufacturing site as well as for the resulting total quantity of fluorinated greenhouse gases.

6.   When a product containing fluorinated greenhouse gases or pre-blended polyols is also to be labeled pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, the information pursuant to Article 12(3), (5) to (12) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 shall be indicated in the section for supplemental information on the label referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.

7.   When the fluorinated greenhouse gases are intended to serve for certain uses according to Article 12(6) to (12) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014, the following text shall be included in the label:

(a)   ‘100 % Reclaimed’ or ‘100 % Recycled’: for reclaimed or recycled fluorinated greenhouse gases not containing any virgin fluorinated greenhouse gases. The address of the reclamation or of the recycling facility shall include its street address in the Union.

(b)   ‘Imported for destruction only’: for fluorinated greenhouse gas quantities imported for destruction;

(c)   ‘For direct bulk export outside EU only’: for fluorinated greenhouse gas quantities being supplied by a producer or importer to an undertaking for direct export in bulk out of the Union;

(d)   ‘For use in military equipment only’: for fluorinated greenhouse gas quantities which are to be used in military equipment;

(e)   ‘For etching/cleaning in semiconductor industry only’: for fluorinated greenhouse gas quantities which are to be used for etching and cleaning purposes in semiconductor industry;

(f)   ‘For feedstock use only’: for fluorinated greenhouse gas quantities serving as feedstock;

(g)   ‘For MDI production only’: for fluorinated greenhouse gas quantities intended for the delivery of pharmaceutical ingredients in metered-dose inhalers (MDIs).

8.   Refrigeration and air conditioning equipment as well as heat pumps, which are insulated with foam blown with fluorinated greenhouse gases, shall be marked with a label containing the following text: ‘Foam blown with fluorinated greenhouse gases’.

9.   The labels shall be placed in accordance with Article 12(4) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 and, where possible, adjacent to existing nameplates or product information labels of the product or equipment that contains the fluorinated greenhouse gas.