Guide to Products Conforming to International Standards
The EU F-Gas Regulation became effective beginning January 2015, making it mandatory for importers
who import SMC’s refrigerated air dryers/thermo-chillers into the EU region to apply and register on
the F-Gas Registration website, obtain import quota licenses, prepare the declaration of conformity,
undergo an audit, report through the F-Gas Registration website, etc., beginning January 2017. Table 1
shows a list of products subject to this regulation.
SMC imports products subject to this regulation into the EU region according to the actions as shown
in Figure 1.
For the customer, purchasing the products from our local subsidiary in Europe eliminates cumbersome
procedures.
Additionally, when the customer will handle the regulation, each importer (customer’s local
subsidiary/agent or end user) who is the first to receive the product subject to this regulation in
Europe must perform the five tasks as shown in Figure 1.
Table 1 Refrigerated Air Dryers/Thermo-chillers subject to EU F-Gas Regulation
| Refrigerated Air Dryer |
Refrigerated Thermo-chiller |
IDF□ Series
IDU Series
IDH Series
INOD Series
|
HRZ□ Series
HRS□ Series
HRG□ Series
HRD□ Series
INR-242, 338, 341, 495, 496, 497, 499, 570 Series
|
Figure 1 Actions taken by SMC on the EU F-Gas Regulation
List of local subsidiaries of SMC Europe
(with import quota licenses available)
| Country Name |
Local Corporation |
Download |
| Ireland |
SMC Industorial Automation (Ireland) Limited. |
DL |
| U.K. |
SMC Pneumatics (U.K.) Ltd. |
DL |
| Italy/Greece |
SMC Italia S.p.A. |
DL |
| Austria |
SMC Austria GmbH |
DL |
| Netherlands |
SMC Nederland B.V. |
DL |
| Netherlands |
SMC Corporation (Cross dock) |
DL |
| Sweden |
SMC Automation AB |
DL |
| Spain/Portugal |
SMC España S.A. |
DL |
| Denmark |
SMC DANMARK A/S |
DL |
| Germany |
SMC Deutschland GmbH |
DL |
| Finland |
SMC Automation Oy |
DL |
| France |
SMC France |
DL |
| Belgium |
SMC Belgium N.V./S.A |
DL |
| Belgium |
SMC Corporation (ECW2) |
DL |
| Romania |
SC SMC Romania S.r.l. |
DL |
