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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-products-regulations-1991/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1620",
  "legislation_title": "The Construction Products Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-products-regulations-1991",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/4",
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  "number": "4",
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  "text": "An EC declaration of conformity for a product may be made by the manufacturer, or his agent established in the Community, on the basis of such one of the following possibilities as is indicated in the relevant technical specification or in the publication of that specification:\nFirst possibility:\n(a) (tasks for the manufacturer)\n(i) initial type-testing of the product;\n(ii) factory production control;\n(iii) possibly, testing of samples taken at the factory in accordance with a prescribed test plan;\n(b) (tasks for the approved body)\n(iv) certification of factory production control on the basis of–\ninitial inspection of place of manufacture and of factory production control,\npossibly, continuous surveillance, assessment and approval of factory production control.\nSecond possibility:\n(i) initial type-testing of the product by an approved laboratory;\n(ii) factory production control.\nThird possibility:\n(i) initial type-testing of the product by the manufacturer;\n(ii) factory production control.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1620/schedule/3/paragraph/4",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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