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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)
1. Internal production control is the conformity assessment procedure whereby the manufacturer—
(a)fulfils the obligations set out in paragraphs 2 to 4; and
(b)ensures and declares on the manufacturer's sole responsibility that the product concerned meets the essential requirements that apply to it.
2.—(1) The manufacturer must draw up the technical documentation.
(2) The technical documentation must—
(a)make it possible to assess the product's conformity with the essential requirements that apply to it;
(b)include an adequate analysis and assessment of any risks;
(c)specify the essential requirements that apply to the product; and
(d)cover, as far as relevant for the assessment, the design, manufacture and operation of the product.
(3) The technical documentation must contain, where applicable, at least the following—
(a)a general description of the product;
(b)conceptual design and manufacturing drawings and schemes of components, sub-assemblies and circuits;
(c)descriptions and explanations necessary for the understanding of those drawings and schemes and the operation of the product;
(d)a list of the designated standards and other relevant technical specifications applied in full or in part (and where designated standards have been applied in part, the technical documentation must specify the parts which have been applied);
(e)where designated standards have not been applied, descriptions of the solutions adopted to meet the essential requirements;
(f)results of design calculations made and examinations carried out;
(g)test reports.
3. The manufacturer must take all measures necessary so that the manufacturing process and its monitoring ensure compliance of the manufactured product with—
(a)the technical documentation referred to in paragraph 2; and
(b)the essential requirements that apply to it.
4.—(1) The manufacturer must affix the UK marking to each individual product that meets the essential requirements that apply to it.
(2) The manufacturer must draw up a declaration of conformity for each product model and keep it together with the technical documentation at the disposal of the enforcing authority for 10 years after the product has been placed on the market. The declaration of conformity must identify the product model for which it has been drawn up.
(3) The manufacturer must make a copy of the declaration of conformity available to the enforcing authority upon request.]
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