S.L. 454.1 Art. 5EEC pattern approval. Additional approval from the Authority.

(1) EEC pattern approval of instruments constitutes their admission to EEC initial verification and, where the latter is not required, the authorization to place them on the market and, or put them into service. If the separate regulations applicable to a category of instruments exempt that category from EEC pattern approval, the instruments in that category shall be admitted directly to the EEC initial verification.

(2) If its control equipment so permits, the Authority shall grant the EEC pattern approval for every instrument which satisfies the requirements laid down in these regulations and the separate regulations relating to the category of instruments in question.

(3) An application for the EEC pattern approval may be made only by the manufacturer or his representative established in Malta. For one and the same instrument, application may be made in Malta only.

(4) When the Authority has granted the EEC pattern approval, it shall take the necessary steps to ensure that it is kept informed of any modification or addition to the approved pattern.

(5) In case of any such modification or addition to the approved pattern, the Authority shall inform the other Member States of such alterations.

(6) Modifications or additions to an approved pattern must receive additional EEC pattern approval from the Authority, where such changes influence or might influence measurement results or the prescribed conditions for use of the instrument.

(7) However, in the case of a modified pattern, the new EEC pattern approval shall be granted instead of an addition to the original EEC pattern approval certificate, if the pattern is modified after the provisions of these regulations or of the relevant special regulations have been amended or adapted in such a way that the modified pattern could be approved only pursuant to the new provisions.

(8) The Authority shall grant the EEC pattern approval in accordance with the provisions of these regulations and of the relevant separate regulations.