Guidance

Check a laboratory ozone-depleting substances (LabODS) number

How to check that a laboratory is allowed to buy ozone-depleting substances (ODS).

If you plan to sell ODS to a customer for laboratory or analytical use, you must check the status of their LabODS number.

The service will show the:

  • laboratory’s name
  • amount of substance in kilograms that the laboratory can buy each year

Before you sell to a laboratory, you should check that:

  • their LabODS number is valid
  • they have not purchased more than the declared specific ODS mass for the calendar year
  • this purchase will not take them over their declared specific ODS mass for the calendar year

Updates to this page

Published 31 December 2020
Last updated 16 January 2024
  1. Outlined the details that the LabODS service will show and how to use this information.

  2. First published.

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