Guidance

Record and report ozone-depleting substances you import, export, sell or destroy

How to record and report ozone-depleting substances (ODS) you import, export, sell or destroy in Great Britain.

• From: Environment Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 16 October 2019
• Last updated: 14 November 2022 — See all updates

You must record and report ozone-depleting substances (ODS) you import, export, sell or destroy in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).

Record your ozone-depleting substance activities

You can use your own systems to keep records.

You must record amounts of:

• ODS
• equipment containing ODS

If you destroy ODS you must record the:

• quantity of each of the gases that you destroyed
• technologies used to destroy the gases
• quantity of each of the gases that you held in stock at the end of the year to be destroyed

Report your ozone-depleting substance activities

When you need to report

You must submit your annual activity report by 31 March for the previous calendar year to the Environment Agency.

For example, you have until 31 March 2023 to report your ODS activities during 2022.

How to submit your report

1. Register for an ozone-depleting substances (ODS) account (if you do not have an organisation ID already).

2. Download, fill in and submit the annual report to the Environment Agency F gas support team at f-gassupport@environment-agency.gov.uk.

Published 16 October 2019
Last updated 14 November 2022 + show all updates

1. 14 November 2022

   Updated the name of the GB ODS Registry to the ODS service. Restructured page for better information flow. Added email address to the Environment Agency's F gas support team.

2. 13 December 2021

   Link added to the annual reporting templates.

3. 31 December 2020

   Updated with guidance on recording and reporting ODS from 1 January.

4. 16 October 2019

   First published.