SCHEDULE 3Amendments for the purpose of, and in connection with, implementing the EEA EFTA free trade agreement
PART 3Amendments 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 842/2006I16
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 842/200616 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—
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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.
Amendments to the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015I27
1
The Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 201517are amended as follows.
2
Regulation 4 (meaning of “competent”) is renumbered as paragraph (1) of that regulation.
3
In regulation 4(1) as renumbered—
a
in paragraph (a), after “column 3 of that Table”, insert “, or has obtained the equivalent of those qualifications in a specified 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 Operators18 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 a specified state.
4
After regulation 4(1) as renumbered, insert—
2
For the purposes of this regulation, 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.