The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Wales) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2023

PART 2 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

4.—(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 an EEA EFTA 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, an ‘EEA EFTA state’ means—

(a) Norway,

(b) Iceland, or

(c) Liechtenstein.”

Amendments to the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015

5.—(1) The Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4 (meaning of “competent”)—

(a) in paragraph (a), after “column 3 of that Table”, insert “, or has obtained the equivalent of those qualifications in an EEA EFTA state”;

(b) for paragraph (c), substitute—

“(c) a person is competent to carry out work with methyl bromide if that person has—

(i) obtained the British Pest Control Association Certificate of Proficiency for Fumigation Operators(3) and successfully completed the British Pest Control Association module referred to in the list in Schedule 3 which relates to the work in question; or

(ii) obtained an equivalent certificate, and successfully completed an equivalent module, in an EEA EFTA state.”

(c) after paragraph (c), insert—

“(d) For the purposes of this regulation, an “EEA EFTA state” means—

(i) Norway,

(ii) Iceland, or

(iii) Liechtenstein.”

(1)

EUR 2014/517, as amended by S.I. 2019/5. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(2)

S.I. 2015/168, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

Details can be obtained from the British Pest Control Association, 4A Mallard Way, Pride Park, Derby DE24 8GX, telephone number 01332 294288/225113; email: [e-mail].