Article 5
United Kingdom
EC pattern approval shall be valid for 10 years. It may be extended for successive periods of 10 years. The number of instruments which may be manufactured in accordance with the approved pattern shall not be limited.
EC pattern approvals granted on the basis of the provisions of this Directive and of a separate Directive may not be extended after the date of the entry into force of any amendment to, or adaptation of, those Community provisions, in cases where such EC pattern approvals could not have been granted on the basis of the new provisions.
When EC pattern approval is not extended, that approval shall nevertheless continue to apply to instruments already in service.
Where use is made of new techniques not provided for in a separate Directive, EC pattern approval with limited effect may be granted, after prior consultation of the other Member States.
It may include the following restrictions:
a limit on the number of instruments which may be covered by the approval;
an obligation to notify the competent authorities of the places of installation;
restrictions on use;
special restrictions concerning the technique used.
However, it may not be granted unless:
the separate Directive for that category of instruments has come into force;
no derogation has been made from the maximum permissible errors laid down in the separate Directives.
The period of validity of such approval shall not exceed two years. It may be extended by up to three years.
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