S.L. 427.29 Art. 29DPresumption of conformity based on standards and common specifications.

(1) Without prejudice to regulation 14, pressure equipment or assemblies which are in conformity with the harmonised standards or common specifications or parts thereof referred to in these regulations shall be presumed to be in conformity with the applicable essential safety requirements established in Schedule I

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 referred to in sub-regulation (1).

(3) By way of derogation from regulation 29A(3), unless there is sufficient reason to believe that the pressure equipment and assemblies 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 pressure equipment and assemblies which are in conformity with those standards or common specifications and which have been placed on the market or used for the manufacturer’s own purposes shall be deemed to be in conformity with the applicable essential safety requirements established in Schedule I after the expiry or deactivation of the internal market emergency mode.

(4) When the Technical Regulations Division considers that a standard or common specification as referred to in sub-regulation (1) does not entirely satisfy the applicable essential safety requirements specified in Schedule I, it shall inform the Commission by submitting a detailed explanation thereof.