A-Gas (UK) Limited is campaigning to have speciality gas and refrigerant cylinders banned from being sold on Internet auction sites. This follows the appearance in recent months of a number of the company’s cylinders being auctioned via the Internet. As a responsible supplier of refrigerants, A-Gas is concerned that the cylinders are not being supplied via its legitimate wholesalers and distributors.

Ken Logan, Managing director of A-Gas, points out that A-Gas only supplies refrigerants through three recognised competent national wholesalers recognised as part of the professional RAC trade with no sales being made to other trades or to the general public”.

“These wholesalers in turn only sell to the RAC trade who are registered under F-Gas regulation EC 842/2006 and to City & Guilds 2078 or CITBJ01 on the safe handling of refrigerants (these will be updated to C&G 2079 or CITB J01 from July 4^th 2011). This cannot be guaranteed when refrigerants are sold on Internet auction sites.

 A-Gas cylinders are supplied on a long term loan agreement basis whereby the cylinders remain the properties of A-Gas at all times and are not available for sale to third parties. Ownership always remains with A-Gas which means that the sale of an A-Gas cylinder on any Internet site involves its theft from A-Gas.

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