Commission Regulation (EC) No 307/2008Show full title

Article 1 U.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 2 U.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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Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 2(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 65(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 3 U.K. Issuance of training attestations to personnel

1. An attestation body shall be provided for by a national law or regulation F2 ....

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.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Art. 3(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 65(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Article 4 U.K. Notification

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Textual Amendments

F3 Art. 4 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 65(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 5 U.K. Conditions for F4 ... recognition

[F5 1. Training attestations issued in European Union member States in accordance with Article 3 shall be valid in any part of Great Britain.]

2. [F6 Holders of certificates may be required] to provide a translation of the attestation in [F7 English].

Textual Amendments

F4 Word in Art. 5 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 65(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 65(5)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1616, reg. 2(31)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in Art. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 65(5)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Word in Art. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 65(5)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 6 U.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

Textual Amendments

F8 Words in Signature omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 65(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)