# The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025, Paragraph 25: Statistical verification of conformity


(1) Where verification is to be by examination and testing of the products on a statistical basis, the manufacturer must take all measures necessary so that the manufacturing process and its monitoring ensure the homogeneity of each lot produced, and must present its products for verification in the form of homogeneous lots.
(2) A random sample must be taken from each lot and all products in the random sample must be individually examined and tested in accordance with these Regulations, in order to ensure their conformity with applicable international standards and to determine whether the lot is accepted or rejected.
(3) If a lot is accepted—
(a) all products of the lot must be considered approved, except for those products from the sample that have been found not to satisfy the tests;
(b) the approved body must issue a certificate of conformity in respect of the examinations and tests carried out, and must affix its identification number to each approved product or have it affixed under its responsibility;
(c) the manufacturer must keep the certificate of conformity at the disposal of the Secretary of State for a period of at least 10 years after the United Kingdom conformity mark has been affixed on the last product manufactured and in no case for a period shorter than the expected life of the marine equipment concerned.
(4) If a lot is rejected, all products of the lot must be considered rejected and the approved body must inform the manufacturer accordingly.
(5) In the event of the frequent rejection of lots, the approved body may suspend the examination and testing of the products on a statistical basis.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348275520/schedule/2/paragraph/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-25
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