The Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Emission of Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants) Regulations 1999

Conformity

11.—(1) Where a type approval certificate has been issued pursuant to regulation 9, the manufacturer shall affix to each unit manufactured in accordance with the approved type the markings as defined in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 including the type approval number.

(2) Where the type approval certificate, in accordance with the provisions of regulation 9(4), includes restrictions on the use of the engine—

(a) the manufacturer shall deliver with each unit manufactured a document containing detailed information on those restrictions and indicating any conditions for fitting, but

(b) where a series of engine types is delivered to one single producer of machinery, the manufacturer may provide only one such document, which shall, in addition to the information required by paragraph (a), list the engine identification numbers to be delivered to that producer and which shall be provided not later than the date of delivery to him of the first engine.

(3) Where any type approval certificate has been issued pursuant to regulation 9, the approval authority may by notice in writing require the manufacturer to send it a list which—

(a) contains identification numbers for each engine type or engine family produced in accordance with the requirements of these Regulations since the list was last supplied to the approval authority in accordance with these Regulations,

(b) specifies correlations of the identification numbers to the corresponding engine types or engine families and to the type approval numbers, where not clarified by the engine coding system,

(c) contains information relating to the cessation of production, where the manufacturer has ceased production of an engine type or engine family, including the date production ceased, the number of engines remaining unsold and the place where those engines are being stored or will be stored.

(4) If the approval authority requires the manufacturer to send to it a list pursuant to a notice served pursuant to paragraph (3), the list shall be sent—

(i) within 45 days after the end of each calendar year, and

(ii) when the requirements change for each category of engine under regulation 6.

(5) A manufacturer upon whom a notice has been served pursuant to paragraph (3) shall maintain records of the information provided under paragraph (3) for a minimum period of 20 years.

(6) A manufacturer upon whom a notice has been served pursuant to paragraph (3) shall send to the approval authority within 45 days after the end of each calendar year and at each date when the requirements change for each category of engine under regulation 6, a declaration specifying the engine types and engine families together with the relevant engine identification codes for those engines the manufacturer intends to produce from the date of the declaration.

(7) The manufacturer shall send with each list required under paragraph (3) a declaration specifying that each engine bearing a type approval number conforms with the description in the approval certificate.

(8) The manufacture shall permit the approval authority at any time to carry out tests and inspection of any engine bearing a type approval number in order to verify that the engine conforms to the description given on the approval certificate.

(9) The manufacturer shall permit the approval authority at any reasonable time to inspect its production procedures to ensure that the requirements set out in paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 continue to be met.