Certificates for natural persons
Article 3
1. Natural persons carrying out the activities referred to in Article 2(1) shall hold a certificate of the type set out in paragraph 2 of this Article. Member States may allow for the issuance of separate certificate types or a certificate combining any of the certificate types, identifying the activities it covers. 2. Certificates attesting that the holder fulfils the requirements to undertake the activities referred to in Article 2(1) are of the following types: (a) Certificate A1 attesting that holders may carry out all the activities provided for in Article 2(1) in relation to fluorinated greenhouse gases and hydrocarbons; (b) Certificate A2 attesting that holders may carry out all the activities provided for in Article 2(1) in relation to fluorinated greenhouse gases and hydrocarbons, limited to equipment with a charge size of less than 3 kilograms or, if hermetically sealed systems which are labelled as such are concerned, containing less than 6 kilograms; (c) Certificate B attesting that holders may carry out all the activities provided for in Article 2(1) in relation to carbon dioxide (CO 2 ); (d) Certificate C attesting that holders may carry out all the activities provided for in Article 2(1) in relation to ammonia (NH 3 ); (e) Certificate D attesting that holders may carry out the activity provided for in Article 2(1)(d) for the equipment containing less than 3 kilograms of fluorinated greenhouse gases or, if hermetically sealed systems which are labelled as such are concerned, containing less than 6 kilograms of fluorinated greenhouse gases; (f) Certificate E attesting that holders may carry out the activity provided for in Article 2(1)(a), provided that such activity does not entail breaking into the refrigeration circuit containing fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I and Section 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2024/573. 3. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to natural persons undertaking: (a) brazing, soldering or welding of parts of a system or piece of equipment in the context of one of the activities referred to in Article 2(1), which hold the qualification required under national legislation to undertake such activities, provided that they are supervised by a person holding a certificate covering the relevant activity who is fully responsible for the correct execution of the activity; (b) recovery of fluorinated greenhouse gases from equipment covered by Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) with a fluorinated greenhouse charge of less than 3 kilograms and less than 5 tonnes of CO 2 equivalent, in premises covered by a permit in accordance with Article 9(1) and (2) of that Directive, provided that they are employed by the company holding the permit and have completed a training course on the minimum skills and knowledge corresponding to Certificate D as set out in Annex I to this Regulation verified by an attestation of competence issued by the permit holder. 4. Natural persons undertaking one of the activities referred to in Article 2(1) shall not be subject to the requirement laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article provided they meet the following conditions: (a) they are enrolled in a training course for the purpose of obtaining a certificate covering the relevant activity, and (b) they carry out the activity under the supervision of a person holding a certificate covering that activity who is fully responsible for the correct execution of the activity. The derogation provided for in the first subparagraph shall apply for the duration of periods spent carrying out the activities referred to in Article 2(1) not exceeding 24 months in total.