{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1516/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1516/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2007/1516",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1516/2007 of 19 December 2007 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, standard leakage checking requirements for stationary refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment containing certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1516",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Repair of leakage",
  "text": "1. The operator shall ensure that the repair is carried out by personnel certified to undertake that specific activity.\nPrior to repair, a pump-down or recovery shall be carried out, where necessary.\n2. The operator shall ensure that a leakage test with Oxygen Free Nitrogen (OFN) or another suitable pressure testing and drying gas is carried out where necessary, followed by evacuation, recharge and leakage-test.\nPrior to pressure testing with Oxygen-Free-Nitrogen (OFN) or another suitable pressure testing gas, fluorinated greenhouse gases shall be recovered from the whole application where necessary.\n3. The cause of the leakage shall be identified as far as possible, to avoid recurrence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/1516/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:31.514794+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}