Recognition as a training centre for technicians in air conditioning systems in specified motor vehicles

To be recognised as a training centre for technicians in air conditioning systems in specified motor vehicles, the training centre must fulfil:

• general recognition conditions(opens in new window) which apply to all recognitions relating to the environment
  • in the 3 years that precede the application for the Flemish recognition certificate, the applicant has not been convicted of a criminal offence in a member state of the European Economic Area, for infringements of the environmental legislation concerning the use of the recognition
  • in the 2 years that precede the application for the Flemish recognition certificate, no recognition of the applicant with the same subject was revoked due to infringement of the obligations associated with that recognition.
• special recognition conditions:
  • the training centre must have effective procedures in place to organise the training and the examination
  • the lecturers must be recognised as technicians in air conditioning systems in specified motor vehicles
  • the training centre must organise a regulatory examination jury.

Validity period and obligations

The recognition is valid for an indefinite period of time as long as the training centre meets all the requirements (in Dutch).

Request your recognition from the Flemish administration.

• Download the application form (in Dutch)(Word file opens in new window). On the application form, you must demonstrate that the training centre meets the conditions for recognition.

• Submit the necessary documents to the Flemish administration.

  • Submit your application and receipt via the online recognition desk (in Dutch) (click on ‘Ga naar het erkenningenloket’; log in with eID or eIDAS).
  • If you do not have a Belgian eID:
    • you can log in at the online recognition desk with eIDAS (in Dutch) if your country is connected through eIDAS;
    • or you can submit your application by registered letter to Vlaams Energie-en Klimaatagentschap (VEKA), Koning Albert II-laan 15 bus 460, 1210 Brussel.

The competent unit will handle your request. This could involve a site visit. The leading official of the Energy and Climate Agency of Flanders reaches a decision within 90 days, starting from the day after the submission of the complete application file.

The application for recognition is free.

Flemish regulation on environmental recognitions (VLAREL).