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F Gas Legislation

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT F-GAS REGULATION

The purpose of F-Gas regulation is quite simple – to reduce global warming!

F-Gases are damaging the atmosphere and changing the earths climate.

F-Gas regulation lays downs rules on containment, usage: Recovery, recycling, reclamation and destruction of all fluorinated greenhouse gases.

The regulations also cover measure such as certification and training, that and include the safe handling of F-Gases and their non fluorinated alternatives.

A company of person handling F-Gas must comply with the statutory requirements contained in the regulation and carry a personal certificate for the type of system they are working on.

Customers need to check the person or company are certified to work on the refrigeration equipment before work commences on said equipment.

Company Certificates:

For a company to register and obtain an F-Gas certificate it must provide evidence that all the engineers they employ, who handle F-Gases (or their alternatives), are competent to carry out the work. For specifiers or clients appointing such a company, the onus is on them to confirm that the company has a valid and up to date certification. Failure to do so, menas that the client / specifier is open to a fine.

See www.fgasregistration.ie where you can find legally certified companies.

FAQs

Q: I have an F-Gas Cert but my subcontractor does not – are they covered under my cert?

A: No. A sub-contractor must have its own cert. for the type of work being performed, which include:

  1. Stationary refrigeration equipment
  2. Stationary air conditioning equipment
  3. Stationary heat pumps
  4. Stationary fire protection equipment
  5. Installer of refrigeration pipe work for heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration or any item that contains F-Gases.
  6. Installer of refrigeration pipe work and containers for the fire industry that contains F-Gases.
  7. Service and maintenance of any equipment that contains F-Gases.

Personal Certificates:

  1. All refrigeration, fire, electrical, plumbing and air conditioning engineers employed in the handling of F-Gas to hold a F-Gas handling certificate.
  2. Certs from the UK such as City & Guilds or Logic etc are not valid in the EU and people /companies using these are open to an on the spot fine of €2,500 – €250,000.

All personal F-Gas certs for engineers are required to be upgraded every 5 years.

Tender Specification:

Consultant, specifier and government bodies for fire, air conditioning, heat pumps and refrigeration products should require that all F-Gases for installations/service/maintenance that are tendered for must have an F-Gas company cert relevant to the work being tendered for.

Note: Air conditioning, heat pump and refrigeration certs are categorized in two sizes:

Category 1: engineers are certified to work on small and large equipment.

Category 2: engineers are limited to work on small equipment up to 10kg of F-Gas.

I am an end user of F-Gas equipment – what records do I have to keep?

A: End users must retain all service records of F-Gas equipment so they can be inspected by the IPA.

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