{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecodesign-for-energy-related-products-regulations-2010/schedule-1B/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecodesign-for-energy-related-products-regulations-2010/schedule-1B/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2617",
  "legislation_title": "The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecodesign-for-energy-related-products-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1B/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Approval of conformity assessment bodies",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may approve only those conformity assessment bodies that qualify for approval.\n(2) A conformity assessment body qualifies for approval if the first and second conditions below are met.\n(3) The first condition is that the conformity assessment body has applied to the Secretary of State to become an approved body and that application is accompanied by—\n(a) a description of—\n(i) the conformity assessment activities that the conformity assessment body intends to carry out;\n(ii) the conformity assessment procedure in respect of which the conformity assessment body claims to be competent;\n(iii) the category of products in respect of which the conformity assessment body claims to be competent; and\n(b) either—\n(i) an accreditation certificate; or\n(ii) the documentary evidence necessary for the Secretary of State to verify, recognise and regularly monitor the conformity assessment body's compliance with the approved body requirements.\n(4) The second condition is that the Secretary of State is satisfied that the conformity assessment body meets the approved body requirements.\n(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4), the Secretary of State may accept an accreditation certificate, provided in accordance with sub-paragraph (3)(b)(i), as sufficient evidence that the conformity assessment body meets the approved body requirements.\n(6) When deciding whether to approve a conformity assessment body, the Secretary of State may—\n(a) have regard to any other matter which appears to the Secretary of State to be relevant; and\n(b) set such conditions in relation to the approval as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1B inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/539), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 15 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1528, regs. 1(2), 4, 6(3)(4)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2617/schedule/1B/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:26:49.425874+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}