Procedure for obtaining the certificate of company authorised to handle fluorinated gases and of the personal certificate required for the installation, maintenance and handling of equipment containing fluorinated gases.
General information
- Regional ministry
- Consejeria De Industria, Empleo, Innovacion Y Comercio
- Governing board
- Direc. General De Industria, Energia Y Minas (DIR3: A06027837)
- Classification
- Certificates
- Subject(s)
- Enterprises
- Energy and industry
- Starting way
- Interested
- Target
- Citizens
- Legal entities, self-employed persons and registered professionals
- Subject to fees
- Yes
- Fees
- Languages in which the procedure can be completed
- Spanish
- Allow power of attorney
- Yes
- Links to web pages with specific information
Fee for issuing certificates of professionalism (company) Fee for issuing a company certificate: 14.96 euros. |
Fee for issuing certificates of professionalism (personal) Fee for issuing a personal certificate: 14.96 euros. |
Requirements
COMPANY CERTIFICATES:
Natural or legal persons established in Cantabria.
It is required to employ personnel in possession of the personal certificate provided for in Royal Decree 115/2017, of 17 February, or issued by any other country of the European Union, in sufficient numbers to cover the expected volume of activities.
That said personnel dedicated to the activities that require certification have access to the necessary instruments and procedures.
Payment of the fee is required prior to the start of the procedure.
The following company certificates are issued:- Company certificate for the intervention of fixed refrigeration appliances, fixed air conditioners and fixed heat pumps containing any load of fluorinated greenhouse gases.
- Company certificate for intervention in fixed refrigeration appliances, fixed air conditioners and fixed heat pumps containing a load of less than 3 kg of fluorinated greenhouse gases.
- Company certificate for intervention in fixed fire protection systems and fire extinguishers containing certain fluorinated greenhouse gases.
PERSONAL CERTIFICATES:
It is required to have the qualification, experience, professional card or completion of a course, established in Annex I of Royal Decree 115/2017 of 17 February, for each of the existing certificates.
Payment of the fee is required prior to the start of the procedure.
The following types of personal certificates are issued:- Personal certificate for handling equipment with refrigeration systems of any charge of fluorinated refrigerants.
- Personal certificate for handling equipment with refrigeration systems charging refrigerant less than 3 kg of fluorinated gases.
- Personal certificate for handling refrigeration systems that use fluorinated refrigerants intended for the thermal comfort of people installed in vehicles.
- Personal certificate for handling fire protection equipment that uses fluorinated gases as an extinguishing agent.
- Personal certificate for handling solvents containing fluorinated gases and equipment that uses them.
- Personal certificate for sulphur hexafluoride recovery from high-voltage switchgear equipment.
- Personal certificate for the handling of equipment with refrigeration systems of any charge of fluorinated refrigerants (REFRIGERATED TRANSPORT ONLY).
- Personal certificate for the handling of equipment with refrigeration systems charging refrigerant less than 3 kg of fluorinated gases (REFRIGERATED TRANSPORT ONLY).
MUTUAL RECOGNITION:
Mutual recognition applies to personal and company certificates issued in other Member States of the European Union. Any Member State may require holders of certificates issued in another Member State to submit a translation of the certificate into another official Community language.
Deadlines and submission
- Deadline for submission
All year round.
- Submission deadline start date
- 14/02/2018
- Submission deadline end date
- -
- Periodicity
- Continuous
- Means of submission
- Online and in person
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- Online submission
- At the General Electronic Registry
- Art. 14. 2 of the Law 39/2015, of 1 October, of the Common Administrative Procedure of the Public Administrations, establishes the obligatory nature of the electronic management for certain subjects as, for example, a) The juridical persons, b) Entities without legal personality, c) Those who carry out a professional activity for which compulsory membership is required, for the procedures and actions they carry out with the Public Administrations in the exercise of said professional activity. In any case, within this group, notaries and property and mercantile registrars shall be included. d) Those who represent an interested party who is obliged to relate electronically with the Administration, e) The employees of the Public Administrations for the procedures and actions that they carry out with them due to their condition of public employee, in the form in which it is determined by regulation by each Administration.
- Place(s) for in-person submission
In person (Individuals only): At the Registration Assistance Office of the departments of Industry, Employment, Innovation and Commerce located at the Science and Technology Park of Cantabria, C/Albert Einstein, 2 in Santander or at any of the places referred to in article 134 of the Law of Cantabria 5/2018, of 22 November, on the Legal Regime of the Government, the Administration and the Institutional Public Sector of the Autonomous Community of Cantabria.
Electronically (Individuals and companies): Through the Common Electronic Registry of the Administration of the Autonomous Community of Cantabria at the electronic address "sede.cantabria.es".
Required documentation
Company certificate application Application for F-Gas Company Certificate (Model SOL-CER-EGFLU) PDF format with company electronic signature
Mandatory in some modality
The document is mandatory in some of the modalities. Mandatory for the issuance of a company certificate |
Personal certificate application Application for personal certificate of fluorinated gases (Model SOL-CER-GFLU) Pdf with electronic signature or holographic signature of a natural person
Mandatory in some modality
The document is mandatory in some of the modalities. For the issuance of personal certificate |
Titration In the case of personal certificates, it is necessary to provide: Copy of the academic degree / certificate of completion of the course that accredits the required knowledge. PDF or image format (simple copy of the document).
Mandatory in some modality
The document is mandatory in some of the modalities. For the issuance of a personal certificate (not required for the issuance of a company certificate). |
Processing and resolution
- Instructor board
- Planning Service.
- Attributive rule
Decree 11/2019, of 21 February, which establishes the Organic Structure and partially modifies the List of Jobs of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Tourism and Commerce.
- Reports or opinions
- No reports or opinions are required
- Resolution entity
- Director General of Industry, Energy and Mines.
- Attributive rule
Decree 11/2019, of 21 February, which establishes the Organic Structure and partially modifies the List of Jobs of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Tourism and Commerce.
- Maximum deadline for decision
- 1 Months
- Average deadline for decision
- 1 Months
- Effects of the administrative silence or inactivity of the Administration
- Initiation by request:
- Negative
- Does it put an end to the administrative procedure?
- No
Appeals
- Type
Appeal.
- Board
Minister of Industry, Employment, Innovation and Trade.
- Deadline
- 1 month if the resolution is express and at any time if it is not.
Regulations
- Regulation applied
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- Royal Decree 115/2017, of 17 February, which regulates the marketing and handling of fluorinated gases and equipment based on them, as well as the certification of the professionals who use them and which establishes the technical requirements for facilities that carry out activities that emit fluorinated gases.
Do you need help?
The 012 General Telephone Information Service will be available 24 hours a day, every day of the year, according to the following timetable:
- Personal telephone attention by means of information agents, from 9:00 to 21:00 hours from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.
Mechanised attention, via voicemail, during other hours and on public holidays. - Incoming calls to the mailbox will be recorded and then, from the General Information Telephone 012, a response call will be made to the citizen to resolve his or her request for information.
- For telephone calls from outside the Autonomous Community of Cantabria you can dial 942 395 563 (from abroad +34 942 395 563); if you are calling from Cantabria, you can dial 942 395 562.
- This service is only available in Spanish.