[F1VerificationE+W+S
4.—(1) An approved body chosen by the manufacturer must carry out appropriate examinations and tests, set out in the relevant designated standard or technical specification or equivalent tests, to check the conformity of the product with the essential requirements that apply to it or have them carried out. In the absence of such a designated standard or technical specification the approved body concerned must decide on the appropriate tests to be carried out.
(2) The approved body must issue a certificate of conformity in respect of the examinations and tests carried out and must affix its identification number to the approved product or have it affixed under its responsibility.
(3) The manufacturer must keep the certificates of conformity at the disposal of the enforcing authority for 10 years after the product has been placed on the market.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 15 inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 54 (with Sch. 28 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)