S.L. 427.1 Art. 22DPresumption of conformity based on standards and common specifications.

(1) Without prejudice to regulation 14, vessels which are in conformity with the harmonised standards or common specifications or parts thereof shall be presumed to be in conformity with the essential safety requirements of these regulations which are covered by those standards, common specifications or parts thereof.

(2) From the day following the expiry or deactivation of the internal market emergency mode, it shall no longer be possible for manufacturers to rely on the presumption of conformity provided by the harmonised standards or the common specifications.

(3) By way of derogation from regulation 22A(3), unless there shall be sufficient reason to believe that the vessels covered by the harmonised standards or common specifications referred to in sub-regulation (1) present a risk to the health or safety of persons, the vessels which are in conformity with those standards or common specifications and which have been placed on the market, shall be deemed to be in conformity with the essential safety requirements of these regulations and after the expiry or deactivation of the internal market emergency mode.

(4) When the TRD considers that a standard or common specification as referred to in sub-regulation (1) does not entirely satisfy the essential safety requirements of these regulations, it shall inform the Commission by submitting a detailed explanation thereof.