# The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025, Paragraph 2: Requirements to be met by Conformity Assessment Bodies in order to become Approved Bodies


A conformity assessment body must have legal personality and must be established in—
(a) the United Kingdom; or
(b) the territory of a party to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, signed at Santiago on 8 March 2018.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348275520/schedule/3/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-2025/schedule-3/paragraph-2
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