{"id":14495,"date":"2018-07-24T17:16:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T15:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/hse\/?p=5145"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:37:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:37:29","slug":"guidance-certification-companies-working-equipment-containing-f-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/guidance-certification-companies-working-equipment-containing-f-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"UK: Guidance on Certification for companies working on equipment containing F gas &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>   <li>stationary refrigeration systems that contain F gas<\/li>   <li>stationary air conditioning and heat pump systems that contain F gas<\/li>   <li>stationary fire protection systems that contain F gas<\/li> <\/ul> Servicing includes installing, repairing, maintaining and decommissioning. The employees must also be qualified as individuals if they handle F gas. The certificates issued in other EU member states are valid in the UK.  The Contents of the Guidance are the following: <ul>   <li><a>Exception for companies servicing their own equipment<\/a><\/li>   <li><a>Refrigeration and stationary air conditioning certification<\/a><\/li>   <li><a>Fire protection certification<\/a><\/li>   <li><a>Requirements for certified companies<\/a><\/li> <\/ul> Source:  <a>Guidance &#8211; Certification for companies working on equipment containing F gas<\/a>, published on the Government webpage on 5th July 2018.   <span class=\"separator separator--center separator--gradient separator--md\"><\/span>\n\n\n<h4><span class=\"has-inline-color has-color-5-color\"><strong>EHS regulatory compliance and monitoring \u2013 an expert solution to ensure your organization\u2019s compliance <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay ahead of evolving HSE requirements across 300+ jurisdictions, with daily updates curated by our in-house legal experts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"bttn-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/solutions\/regulatory-compliance-and-monitoring\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"bttn  bttn--md\"><span class=\"bttn__cont-label-icon\"><span class=\"bttn__label\">Discover Red-on-line\u2019s regulatory compliance and monitoring solution.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 5th July 2018 the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs and Environment Agency have published the Guidance on Certification for companies working on equipment containing F gas. The guidance contains information how a company must be certified to service air conditioning, refrigeration and fire protection systems that contain F gas for other businesses.  A company must be certified to handle fluorinated greenhouse gases (F gases) regulated by the EU if it services the following types of equipment for other businesses:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[597,596,611],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UK: Guidance on Certification for companies working on equipment containing F gas - Red On line (COM)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/guidance-certification-companies-working-equipment-containing-f-gas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK: Guidance on Certification for companies working on equipment containing F gas - Red On line (COM)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On 5th July 2018 the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs and Environment Agency have published the Guidance on Certification for companies working on equipment containing F gas. 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