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1. The manufacturer must make a written application to a notified body for that body to provide an EC type-examination certificate.
2. The application must include—
(a)the name and address of the manufacturer and, if appropriate, the authorised representative of the manufacturer;
(b)a declaration that an application has not been made to another notified body; and
(c)the general technical documentation.
3. The notified body must—
(a)examine the general technical documentation;
(b)determine if the type has been manufactured in accordance with that documentation;
(c)carry out tests and examinations to determine whether—
(i)elements designed in accordance with—
(aa)the harmonised standards; or
(bb)equivalent standards,
meet those standards;
and
(ii)elements not so designed conform to the product requirements.
4. If a notified body is satisfied that the type conforms to the product requirements, it must—
(a)give to the manufacturer an EC type-examination certificate;
(b)annex to that certificate a list of the general technical documentation; and
(c)keep a copy of the certificate and the annexed list of general technical documentation.
5. An EC type-examination certificate must be in writing and include—
(a)the name and address of the manufacturer;
(b)the conclusions of the tests and examinations referred to in paragraph 3;
(c)any conditions of validity of the certificate; and
(d)the data necessary to identify the approved type.
6. If a manufacturer makes modifications to a listed product that affect its conformity to the product requirements, the manufacturer must make an application to the notified body that granted the EC type-examination certificate for an additional approval to that certificate.
7. Where an application is made for an additional approval to a EC type-examination certificate—
(a)the manufacturer must make that application, so far as appropriate, in accordance with paragraph 2; and
(b)the notified body must—
(i)comply with paragraph 3; and
(ii)if it is satisfied that the type continues to conform to the product requirements, comply with paragraph 4 as if reference to an EC type-examination certificate were a reference to an additional approval to that certificate.
8. Relevant documentation under regulation 10 includes—
(a)the EC type-examination certificate; and
(b)any additional approval.
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