This document provides an overview of French regulations for implementing the F-Gaz regulation, which concerns refrigerants like CFCs, HCFCs, and HFCs. It describes the French system, which requires operator certification and staff certification, equipment traceability, leak reporting, and other obligations. It also introduces DATAFLUIDES, a centralized online computing system that allows all actors like certified companies and the Ministry to track information on refrigerant operators, staff certifications, and annual reporting obligations. The system aims to improve traceability and help ensure all actors comply with regulation requirements.

1. F-Gaz regulation
Implementation in France
UNEP - Budapest
Gérald CAVALIER,
19th of October 2011

2. І Content
• Cemafroid in a few words
– Independent cold chain expertise
 French F-Gaz implementation
– Overview of French regulations
– The main requirements
 DATAFLUID a centralized computing system
– A public platform
– Link between all actors
• Conclusion

3. Cemafroid in a few words and data

4. ІCemafroid : refrigeration experts
• 60 years of history In a few words and data
– 1950 creation of Antony laboratory
– 1970 Antony official ATP test station for UN
– 1980 creation of Cemagref
– 2000 creation of Cemafroid by Cemagref
– 2010 creation of Cemafroid group, TECNEA Répartition du CA 2009
and Cemafroid formation DSP 31%
Essais 36%
• An independant company owned by: Expertise
– Cemagref : public research center
6% Cerificatio
n 27%
– PERIFEM distribution technical association
– TRANSFRIGOROUTE France association 4 500 000 €
4 000 000 €
CA annuel du Cemafroid 4 030 000 €
3 500 000 € 3 310 000 €
– Cemafroid Staff : TECNEA 3 000 000 €
2 500 000 €
2 240 860 €
2 148 042 €
2 000 000 € 1 552 306 € 1 862 312 €
• Income : 4,1 M€ in 2010
1 638 676 €
992 739 €
1 500 000 €
1 133 733 €
1 006 164 €
1 000 000 €
500 000 € 274 495 €
– +25% in 2010
- €
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

5. ІCemafroid
• More than 40 staff
Staff, equipment,
– 32 technical experts
and locations
• 3 locations
– Cestas (Bordeaux) (33) Arras
– Fresnes (94) & Antony(92) • Service public
(Paris) Fresnes
– Arras (62) Antony
•Direction
• Tests
• Certification
• Expertise
Bordeaux
• Tests
• Laboratories and equipments

6. ІCemafroid activities
Certification of products, Tests, Calibration, Verification Expertise, Counsels
services and companies
-Measuring equipment -Audit
-Cemafroid Performance
-Performance -Technical assistance
-PIEK Certification
-Conformity -F-Gas
-Tests Centers
-Qualification -Carbon Footprint
-Certificate of Capability
-Calibration -Energy optimization
-F-Gas
-Verification
-Comparative tests
-Validation
Public Service Training
-Competent Authority
-Datafrig -Cold Chain & Hygiene
-ATP -Metrology & Instrumentation
-Innovation -Cold, Security and Environment

7. ІLe Cemafroid
Accreditations
• Laboratories accreditation
– Tests : Cofrac Essais ISO 17025,
– Tests : WHO/OMS – PQS
– Verifications : Cofrac Étalonnage ISO 17025
• Designation
– UNO – UNECE : ATP Test Station and ATP
Competent Authority
– Ministeries : Agriculture, Health, Defense,
Environment, Industry, …
• Networks
– IIF, Transfrigoroute, CEN, ISO,
– AFF, SFSTP, CNM,

8. F-Gaz implementation
French regulations

9. ІF-Gaz regulation
• Concerns Framework
– CFC - HCFC - HFC –
– All equipments including
– refrigerated transport,
– cars air conditionning…
• Obligations:
– Etancheity Controls over 2 kg
– Companies certification
• To buy and manipulate any F-Gazes
– Staff certification
• Even for etancheity control
– Traceability of all operations
• Load, installation, controls…
– Reporting and control
• stocks, leakages, usage, …

10. ІF-Gaz regulation
French system overview
report
Ministery ADEME
local authority
Control report
F-Gaz COFRAC
distributor
Accreditation
Evaluation body Certification body
Certification
Equipment Staff
Ministery
Opérateur /
Leakage Organisme agréé Agrément
Company site
report Attestation d’aptitude
Equipment owner or user,
PAC, refrigeration device, Air conditionning, car…

11. ІF-Gaz regulation in France
Categories of operators
Etancheity Maintenance Installation F-Gaz
control Support recovery
Catégorie I All equipments refrigeration, air conditionning heat pumps
Catégorie II All equipments All equipments refrigeration, AC, HP with less
refrigeration, than 3kg F-Gaz
AC, HP
Catégorie III All equipments
refrigeration,
AC, HP with
less than 3kg
F-Gaz
Catégorie IV All equipments
refrigeration,
AC, HP
Catégorie V All equipments for air conditionning for vehicles
(cars, trucks, bus, all equipments going on the road)

12. ІF-Gaz regulation
Operator
Certified people working for certified
companies
Attestation d’aptitude / Attestation de capacité
Staff certificate / Company certificate

13. ІF-Gaz regulation
Operators
Ministery Condition n°1 :
Equipment
Agrément since 4th of July 2009
Charge station
Bottles
Leakage detector
Organisme agréé
Flexibles and obturators
Manometers; thermometres
Company certificate Identification devices
List linked with the activity of the company
Opérateur / Conforme à la NF
Vérifié selon la Précision 5%... EN 14624
Company site norme NF EN 35421

14. ІF-Gaz regulation
Certification
COFRAC body
Minister Accreditation
Certification
Agrément
Evaluation body
Organisme agréé
Personnal certificate
Attestation de capacité /
company certificate
Opérateur / Condition n°2
Company site Competent staff
Since 5th of July 2011

15. ІF-Gaz regulation
Condition n°3
Ministery F-Gaz containement and
treaceability
Agreement
Since 4th of July 2009
Organisme agréé Operation traceability
Company certificate
Operation report
F-Gaz annual Reporting
Etancheity certificate
Opérateur/
Company site

16. ІF-Gaz regulation
Periodical controls
F-Gaz load Controls
> 2 kg Once a year
> 30 kg Every 6 month
> 300 kg Every 3 month
When a ambiance detector is installed frequency can be devided by 2

17. DATAFLUIDES
A centralised computing system

18. Datafluides®
Last news
First contact with
« Organismes Agrees »
Direct acces to
regulation
Private acces for
certificate
management
Public list of
operators

19. Declare company
elements
SIRET 1
Région 1
SIRET 2
Siège social
SIRET 3
Région 2
SIRET 4
Région 3 SIRET 5
SIRET 7
Accès selon profils à
Datafluides

20. Declare staff
Affect the staff to the
sites
Move people from one
site to another
Declare their
certification
Withdraw them.

21. Overview of demand

22. ІF-Gazes operators
French figures January 2011
• Companies certificates :
« Attestation de capacité » 40%
– Catégorie I à IV : 11 208 56%
– Catégorie V: 16 291
– Some 70%
2%
1% 1%
Cat 1 Cat 2 Cat 3 Cat 4 Cat 5
• People certificates :
« Attestation d’aptitude »
– Catégorie 1: 13 836
– Catégorie 2: 19 721
– Some 33%

23. ІDATAFLUIDES fonctionalities
Anonyme Consultation espace public Inscription, choix d’un organisme agréé, Abonnement à consultations détaillées
demande de devis, renseignement pré-dossier
Opérateur Création compte opérateur candidat
Envoi devis
candidat
Validation commande valant Invitation à renseigner le
demande d’attestation dossier de candidature
ORGANISME AGREE
Renseignement dossier de
candidature
Opérateur
Demande complément
candidat d’information
Recevable
Si non
Opérateur Edition attestation, et enregistrement HABILITATION
habilité statut sur DATAFLUIDES
Saisie annuelle fiche fluides
Suspension
Si non
Renouvellement HABILITATION
Audit dans les 5 ans Suspension
Si défavorable

24. French disposal system
and its funding

25. ІThe French disposal system
Since 1993
• Collect and recycle and destroy F-Gazes
– In the frame of a national convention
– Managed by professional associations
• Collect system
• Equipments owned and operated by
distributors
• Treatment
• Done by the distributors and producers
• Payment
• A fee on each F-Gaz kg distributed
• a payment for dedicated bottles rental
• A payment of a prime for collect

26. ІThe French disposal system
A new system
Distributeurs de
fluides
ADEME
Eco-organisme
Eco-fluides
Opérateurs attestés
MEDDTL
manipulant des fluides
frigorigènes
Flux de fluides
Organisations Flux financiers
professionnelles Flux de données
Flux d’informations
Audits de contrôle

27. Conclusion

28. ІConclusion
• F-Gaz issues are transversal
– No reason to exclude some activities
– Neither actors
• Process is long to implement
– Step by step process is necessary
– Control is also imperative
– international harmonization should increase
• A global computing tool online is a plus
– For everybody
– Cost and time saving project
– Traceability insurance

29. ІThank you for your attention !
For more detailled information, please contact us :
Gérald CAVALIER
Cemafroid
5, avenue des Prés,
94 266 Fresnes cedex France
www.cemafroid.fr
Tel : 01 49 84 84 84
gerald.cavalier@cemafroid.fr
Independent expertise and testing for cold chain