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32.—(1) Before making electrical equipment available on the market, an economic operator must ensure that the EU declaration of conformity is prepared in, or translated into, the language required by the member State in which it is to be made available on the market.
(2) Where the electrical equipment is to be made available on the market in the United Kingdom, the language required is English.
33.—(1) An economic operator (“E”) who receives a request in relation to electrical equipment from the market surveillance authority before the end of the relevant period must, within such period as that authority may specify, identify to the authority—
(a)any other economic operator who has supplied E with the electrical equipment; and
(b)any other economic operator to whom E has supplied the electrical equipment.
(2) The relevant period is—
(a)for information under paragraph (1)(a), 10 years beginning on the day on which E was supplied with the electrical equipment;
(b)for information under paragraph (1)(b), 10 years beginning on the day on which E supplied the electrical equipment.
34.—(1) An economic operator must not affix the CE marking to electrical equipment unless—
(a)that economic operator is the manufacturer; and
(b)the conformity of the electrical equipment with the principal elements of the safety objectives has been demonstrated by the conformity assessment procedure set out in Schedule 2.
(2) An economic operator must not affix to electrical equipment a marking which—
(a)is not the CE marking; but
(b)purports to attest that the electrical equipment is in conformity with the principal elements of the safety objectives.
(3) An economic operator must not affix to electrical equipment a marking, sign or inscription which is likely to mislead any other person as to the meaning or form of the CE marking.
(4) An economic operator must not affix to electrical equipment any other marking if the visibility, legibility and meaning of the CE marking would be impaired as a result.
35.—(1) This regulation applies to electrical equipment intended for domestic use in the United Kingdom and made available by an economic operator for that purpose.
(2) Where the electrical equipment is a plug in device intended to be connected, without the use of a mains lead or plug, directly to the United Kingdom public electricity supply via a socket outlet conforming to BS 1363, the economic operator must ensure that the plug in device is compatible with socket outlets conforming to BS 1363.
(3) Where the electrical equipment has a flexible lead and plug assembly and is intended to be connected to the United Kingdom public electricity supply by means of a socket outlet conforming to BS 1363, the economic operator must ensure that that plug assembly—
(a)is a correctly fitted standard plug; or
(b)is—
(i)a correctly fitted non-UK plug, conforming to the safety provisions of IEC 884-1 and correctly fitted with a compatible conversion plug; and
(ii)fitted with a fuse link which conforms to BS 1362 and which is rated in accordance with the electrical equipment manufacturer’s instructions.
(4) In this regulation, “socket”, “BS 1363”, “standard plug”, “non-UK plug”, “IEC 884-1”, “conversion plug”, “fuse link” and “BS 1362” have the meanings given in the Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994(1).
S.I. 1994/1768 amended by S.I. 2011/1043.
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