S.L. 427.36 Art. 6Placing on the market.

(1) Before placing machinery on the market and, or putting it into service, the manufacturer or his authorised representative shall:

(a) ensure that it satisfies the relevant essential health and safety requirements set out in Schedule I;

(b) ensure that the technical file referred to in Schedule VII, Part A is available;

(c) provide, in particular, the necessary information, such as instructions;

(d) carry out the appropriate procedures for assessing conformity in accordance with regulation 11;

(e) draw up the EC declaration of conformity in accordance with Schedule II, Part 1, Section A and ensure that it accompanies the machinery;

(f) affix the CE marking in accordance with regulation 14.

(2) Before placing partly completed machinery on the market, the manufacturer or his authorised representative shall ensure that the procedure referred to in regulation 12 has been completed.

(3) For the purposes of the procedures referred to in regulation 11, the manufacturer or his authorised representative shall have, or shall have access to the necessary means of ensuring that the machinery satisfies the essential health and safety requirements set out in Schedule I.

(4) Where machinery is also the subject of other Community legislation relating to other aspects and providing for the affixing of the CE marking, the marking shall indicate that the machinery also conforms to the provisions of those other Community legislation: Provided that, where one or more of those Community laws allow the manufacturer or his authorised representative to choose, during a transitional period, the system to be applied, the CE marking shall indicate conformity only to the provisions of those Community laws applied by the manufacturer or his authorised representative. Particulars of the Community laws applied, as published in the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be given on the EC declaration of conformity.