๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐.
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โก๏ธ ADEME updated its public list of certified refrigerant operators on 14 August.
The database still reflects the existing certification structure.
But from ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ณ, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ moves to a new framework that distinguishes competence more explicitly by refrigerant family, both at operator level (attestation de capacitรฉ) and technician level (attestation dโaptitude).
For operators, the new categories include:
โช๏ธ A1 and A2, fluorinated refrigerants and hydrocarbons
โช๏ธ B, COโ
โช๏ธ C, ammonia
โก๏ธ with additional categories for specific activities.
This is more than an administrative change.
The refrigerant family itself becomes part of the competence perimeter.
During the transition, three situations should therefore not be confused:
โช๏ธ currently certified,
โช๏ธ legally covered,
โช๏ธ operationally ready for a specific refrigerant.
โก๏ธ They are not necessarily the same thing.
An installer currently working on #R32 systems cannot automatically be considered ready for #R290.
The same applies even more clearly to COโ and ammonia, where dedicated certification pathways now exist.
โก๏ธ This changes how a manufacturer should evaluate the market before introducing a new refrigerant-based product.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
The French transition makes one point increasingly clear: โF-Gas certifiedโ will no longer be a sufficiently precise description of technical capability.
The relevant distinction will increasingly be which refrigerant families an operator, and the technicians behind it, are actually qualified to handle.ย