F Gas certificate validity outside of the UK if UK leaves EU with no deal

Notice for individuals and companies certified by UK bodies who carry out work outside of the UK.

If the UK leaves the EU without a deal,  F-Gas certificates for individuals and companies awarded by a certification body in the UK will no longer be recognised within the remaining EU member states.  

Note for Irish Nationals and Irish companies. If you want to remain certified after a no deal Brexit, you must take action before 11.00pm on 31 October 2019.  IF you dont do this in time, you will need to be recertified by a certification body within the EU-27 such as the Irish certification body F-Gas Registration Ltd (companies) or QQI (individuals) and may be required to undertake further training.  

Find out more about how you can obtain a valid F Gas Company or Individual Certificat for free from the Irish EPA if you apply before 31st October below:

https://www.epa.ie/air/airenforcement/ozone/training/brexitodsfgas/ 

Note: the UK Government has confirmed that when the UK leaves the EU, many of the rules for F gases will not change for those working in the UK, including requirements for:

• the individual qualifications and company certifications you need to install, service, maintain, repair, decommission or check for leaks in certain equipment or the recover F gas
• the content and requirements of training and certification programmes
• the validity of existing certificates and training attestations, including those issued by EU member states both before and after the UK leaves the EU

Read more at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fluorinated-gases-and-ozone-depleting-substances-how-to-do-business-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-with-no-deal/using-and-trading-fluorinated-gas-and-ozone-depleting-substances-rules-and-processes-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-with-no-deal