Subject matter
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.

Training of personnel
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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Issuance of training attestations to personnel
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.

Notification
Article 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Conditions for ... recognition
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.

Entry into force
Article 6
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)