PART IIPLACING ON THE MARKET AND PUTTING INTO USE OF COLD-WATER METERS

Requirements for placing on the market and putting into use4

1

No person shall place on the market or put into use a cold-water meter unless the following requirements, or the corresponding requirements of the Directive as implemented under the law of another member State, are met—

a

the instrument is compliant with the essential requirements;

b

the manufacturer has demonstrated its compliance with the essential requirements in accordance with regulation 5; and

c

the instrument has affixed to it the CE marking, the M marking and the identification number of the notified body which carried out the conformity assessment procedure in respect of the instrument.

2

A person who fails to comply with the requirements of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and any cold-water meter to which the offence relates shall be liable to be forfeited.