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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10702

4 October 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 29
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) climate
Rivasi says HFO-1234yf gas proven hazard

Brussels, 03/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - Last January, Michèle Rivasi, the vice president of the Greens/EFA Group at the European Parliament, highlighted the dangers of the refrigerating fluid HFO-1234yf (or R1234yf) - an inflammable and toxic gas used in car air conditioning. On Wednesday 3 October, she was delighted with the decision by the Daimler group to stop equipping its new cars with the R1234yf gas for safety reasons, following further tests. Although the European Commission was...

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