{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2066/annex-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2066/annex-I.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2015/2066",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2066 of 17 November 2015 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council, minimum requirements and the conditions for mutual recognition for the certification of natural persons carrying out installation, servicing, maintenance, repair or decommissioning of electrical switchgear containing fluorinated greenhouse gases or recovery of fluorinated greenhouse gases from stationary electrical switchgear (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2066",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Minimum requirements as to the skills and knowledge to be covered by the evaluation bodies",
  "text": "The examination referred to in Articles 3(1) and 5(2) shall comprise the following:\n(a) a theoretical test with one or more questions testing that skill or knowledge, as indicated in the column ‘Test type’ by (T);\n(b) a practical test where the applicant shall perform the corresponding task with the relevant material, tools and equipment, as indicated in the column ‘Test type’ by (P).\nNo\nMinimum knowledge and skills\nTest type\n1\nBasic knowledge of relevant environmental issues (climate change, Global Warming Potential), the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 and of the relevant implementing acts\nT\n2\nPhysical, chemical and environmental characteristics of SF6\nT\n3\nUse of SF6 in electric power equipment (insulation, arc quenching)\nT\n4\nSF6 quality, according to the relevant industrial standards\nT\n5\nUnderstanding of the design of electric power equipment\nT\n6\nChecking the SF6 quality\nP\n7\nRecovery of SF6 and SF6 mixtures and purification of SF6\nP\n8\nStorage and transportation of SF6\nT\n9\nOperation of SF6 recovery equipment\nP\n10\nOperation of tight drilling systems, if necessary\nP\n11\nReuse of SF6 and different reuse categories\nT\n12\nWorking on open SF6 compartments\nP\n13\nNeutralising SF6 by-products\nT\n14\nMonitoring of SF6 and appropriate data recording obligations under national or Union legislation, or international agreements\nT\n15\nReduction of leakages and leak checks\nT\n16\nBasic knowledge of relevant technologies to replace or to reduce the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases and their safety handling\nT",
  "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/2015/2066/annex/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:19.102018+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."
}