# Directive 2009/142/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 relating to appliances burning gaseous fuels (codified version) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 5

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Member States shall presume compliance with the essential requirements set out in Annex I of appliances and fittings when they conform to:
(a) the national standards applicable to them implementing the harmonised standards the reference numbers of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union;
(b) the national standards applicable to them in so far as, in the areas covered by such standards, no harmonised standards exist.
2. Member States shall publish the reference numbers of the national standards referred to in paragraph 1(a).
They shall communicate to the Commission the texts of their national standards as referred to in paragraph 1(b) which they regard as complying with the essential requirements set out in Annex I.
The Commission shall forward these national standards to the other Member States. In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 6(2), it shall notify the Member States of those national standards which are presumed to conform with the essential requirements set out in Annex I.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/142/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-142/article-5
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