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From 4 July 2009 it became a legal requirement for all businesses that install, maintain or service stationery refrigeration, air-conditioning and/or heat pump equipment containing or designed to contain F gas refrigerants to obtain an F Gas Company Certificate. The principal objective of the EC Regulation is to contain, prevent and thereby reduce emissions of F gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol to help combat climate change.
Company certification is a legal requirement under Sections 23 and 24 of the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (FGG) Regulations 2009, which became law in March 2009. Key to the new regime are the new personnel refrigerant handling qualifications City & Guilds 2079 and CITB J11-J14, which have been developed specifically to meet the requirements of the FGG regulations. To obtain an interim company certificate, businesses must employ engineers holding either:
• the old City & Guilds 2078 or CITB J01, or
• the new City & Guilds 2079 or CITB J11-J14, or
• if engineers only work on equipment containing less than 3kg of F gas an in-house qualification or “interim personnel certificate” based on previous experience.
Interim certificates are valid until July 2011 to allow time for engineers to gain the new qualifications. After July 2011 all businesses must hold a full company certificate.
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