Summer is even hotter for Italians, due to implementation of the European Directives issued to address the planet’s global warming issue, by reducing and controlling the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Implementation of EU directives on the matter – "2002/91/EC and 2010/31/EU" – oblige the owner of the conditioner to have a booklet for the system with regular certification by a qualified technician and to perform a regular check-up every four years. For infringers, fines range from 500 to 3000 Euro. The imposition is mandatory for those who possess systems with power equal to 12 kW or higher, that is capable of cooling 160m2. A household system used by a family hardly reaches these thresholds, unless the surface of the flat is wide and there are several units. Portable models do not fall within the law requirements either. In the event of new installation of wall conditioners (heat pumps), the law has introduced the obligation of the system booklet: this is a document that is issued by the technician installing the machine. If someone has a system already installed but does not have the booklet, it will be supplied at the first useful maintenance by a technician. The methods for performing the mandatory checks, which in this case must be performed every four years, were regulated in 2014, in the wake of what was already happening for boilers.

Summer is even hotter for Italians, due to implementation of the European Directives issued to address the planet’s global warming issue, by reducing and controlling the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Implementation of EU directives on the matter – "2002/91/EC and 2010/31/EU" – oblige the owner of the conditioner to have a booklet for the system with regular certification by a qualified technician and to perform a regular check-up every four years. For infringers, fines range from 500 to 3000 Euro.

The imposition is mandatory for those who possess systems with power equal to 12 kW or higher, that is capable of cooling 160m². A household system used by a family hardly reaches these thresholds, unless the surface of the flat is wide and there are several units. Portable models do not fall within the law requirements either.

In the event of new installation of wall conditioners (heat pumps), the law has introduced the obligation of the system booklet: this is a document that is issued by the technician installing the machine. If someone has a system already installed but does not have the booklet, it will be supplied at the first useful maintenance by a technician.

The methods for performing the mandatory checks, which in this case must be performed every four years, were regulated in 2014, in the wake of what was already happening for boilers.