
Article 1 
This Regulation establishes minimum requirements for training programmes of personnel recovering certain fluorinated greenhouse gases from air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles falling within the scope of Directive 2006/40/EC as well as the conditions for mutual recognition of training attestations issued in accordance with those requirements.
Article 2 

1. Only personnel holding a training attestation as referred to in Article 3 shall be considered appropriately qualified to carry out the activity referred to in Article 1.
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply for a maximum period of 12 months to personnel enrolled in a training course for the purpose of obtaining a training attestation provided that they carry out the activity under the supervision of a person considered appropriately qualified.
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Article 3 

1. An attestation body shall be provided for by a national law or regulation ....
2. The attestation body referred to in paragraph 1 shall issue a training attestation to personnel who have completed a training course, covering the minimum skills and knowledge set out in the Annex.
3. The training attestation shall contain at least the following:
(a) the name of the attestation body, the full name of the holder and a registration number;
(b) the activity which the holder of the training attestation is entitled to perform;
(c) issuing date and issuer’s signature.
4. Where an existing training course covers the minimum skills and knowledge set out in the Annex, but the related attestation does not contain the elements laid down in paragraph 3 of this Article, an attestation body referred to in paragraph 1 may issue a training attestation to the holder of this qualification without repeating the training course.
Article 4 
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Article 5 

1. Training attestations issued in European Union member States in accordance with Article 3 shall be valid in any part of  Great Britain.
2. Holders of certificates may be required  to provide a translation of the attestation in  English.
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
...Done at Brussels, 2 April 2008.
For the Commission
Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


The training course referred to in Article 3(2) shall cover the following:

((a)) a theoretical module as indicated in the column ‘Module type’ by (T);
((b)) a practical module where the applicant shall perform the corresponding task with the relevant material, tools and equipment, as indicated in the column ‘Module type’ by (P).

Minimum knowledge and skills Module type
1. Operation of air-conditioning systems containing fluorinated greenhouse gases in motor vehicles, environmental impact of fluorinated greenhouse gas refrigerants and corresponding environmental regulations
1.1. Basic knowledge of the operation of air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles T
1.2. Basic knowledge of the use and properties of the fluorinated greenhouse gases used as refrigerants in air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles, the impact of the emissions of these gases on the environment (order of magnitude of their Global Warming Potential in relation to climate change) T
1.3. Basic knowledge of the relevant provisions of Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 and Directive 2006/40/EC T
2. Environment-friendly recovery of fluorinated greenhouse gases
2.1. Knowledge of common procedures for recovering fluorinated greenhouse gases T
2.2. Handling a refrigerant cylinder P
2.3. Connecting and disconnecting a recovery set to and from the service ports of a motor vehicle air-conditioning system containing fluorinated greenhouse gases P
2.4. Operating a recovery set P