Where a manufacturer or his authorised representative established in the Community submits an appliance or fitting to a notified body for verification under this regulation together with an undertaking to pay the appropriate fee, the notified body shall examine the appliance or fitting and carry out tests to establish whether it satisfies the provisions of these Regulations which apply to it and in the case of an appliance, it conforms with the relevant EC type-examination certificate.

If having carried out the examination, the notified body is satisfied that an EC certificate of conformity should be issued, it shall, on payment of the appropriate fee, issue an EC certificate of conformity (which may relate to one or more appliance or fitting and shall be retained by the manufacturer or his authorised agent established in the Community) and in the case of an appliance shall affix or cause to be affixed its identification number on each appliance.