SCHEDULE 3 Amendments for the purpose of, and in connection with, implementing the EEA EFTA free trade agreement

PART 3 Amendments in relation to F-gas handler professions

Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006

6.—(1) Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 10 (training and certification)—

(a) in paragraph 10, after “as amended from time to time,” insert “or certificates and training attestations issued by a specified state that are equivalent to those issued in any part of the United Kingdom,”;

(b) after paragraph 15, insert—

“16.   For the purposes of this Article, a ‘specified state’ means one of the states specified in Schedule 1 to the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023.”.

(1)

EUR 2014/517, as amended by S.I. 2019/583 and S.I. 2020/1616. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant to these Regulations.