Article 1U.K.Subject matter
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 2U.K.Training of personnel
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 3U.K.Issuance of training attestations to personnel
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 4U.K.Notification
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Article 5U.K.Conditions for ... recognition
[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 6U.K.Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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Done at Brussels, 2 April 2008.
For the Commission
Stavros Dimas
Member of the Commission