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๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜.

โžก๏ธ ADEME updated its public list of certified refrigerant operators on 14 August. The database still reflects the existing certification structure. But from ๐Ÿญ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ, ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ moves to a new framework that distinguishes competence more explicitly by refrigerant family, both at operator level (attestation…

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€.

๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ: ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. Yesterday, an online platform covering industrial #HVAC published an article claiming that a new EU import ban on equipment using #๐—ฅ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐—” and #๐—ฅ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฎ had entered into force on ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ. The claim was presented as…

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๐—œ๐—ป ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜†, ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ-๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€.

The case attracted attention because of the speed of the industrial and logistical response. But for a non-European HVAC/R manufacturer, production speed is only one part of the European market-entry equation. โžก๏ธ In France, the customs declaration system is now electronically connected to the European…

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๐—˜๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒฬ€๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒฬ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒฬ‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒฬ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜…, ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฒฬ‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒฬ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฑโ€™๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

En ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, la France a intรฉgrรฉ des critรจres de rรฉsilience de la chaรฎne dโ€™approvisionnement dans les appels dโ€™offres concernant certaines installations photovoltaรฏques sur bรขtiments et au sol. โžก๏ธ Le systรจme ne peut pas รชtre assemblรฉ dans le pays tiers dominant, actuellement la Chine pour…

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†?

According to industry representatives quoted by France 2, nearly 30,000 people would need to be recruited to meet the level of demand in the French market. At the same time, repeated heatwaves are increasing the need for immediate access to cooling. Professional installation capacity may…

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