Most new appliances I see are using R134A, same as cars.
R12 and R22 are already outlawed so maybe this is about the other 100+ countries? I’m sure China will jump right on it. Right after the smog lifts from their industrial zones and they quit eating dogs, shark fin soup and create a democracy of NK.
This ban is for R134a and it is designed to make all existing new R134a equipment cars included obsolete with a pen stroke. better stock up on R134a now once it’s production is banned prices will rise to $70 or more coincidentally thats the price of it’s incompatible replacement, so not only is the replacement 70 bucks a lb you have to replace the whole unit too. The DuPonts and Honeywell clan are in for a windfall profit.