# Commission Regulation (EC) No 706/2007 of 21 June 2007 laying down, pursuant to Directive 2006/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, administrative provisions for the EC type-approval of vehicles, and a harmonised test for measuring leakages from certain air conditioning systems (Text with EEA relevance), Article 4: Administrative provisions for EC component type-approval

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

1. The manufacturer or his representative shall submit to the type-approval authority the application for EC component type-approval for a type of leak component or air-conditioning system.
The application shall be drawn up in accordance with the model of the information document set out in Part 1 of Annex I.
2. The manufacturer or his representative shall submit to the technical service responsible for conducting the type-approval tests a leak component or an air-conditioning system to be approved.
For that purpose, a sample with the highest leakage rate (hereinafter ‘the worst case sample’) shall be used.
3. If the relevant requirements are met, EC component type-approval shall be granted and a component type-approval number issued in accordance with the numbering system set out in Annex VII to Directive 70/156/EEC.
A Member State may not assign the same number to another type of leak component or air-conditioning system.
4. For the purposes of paragraph 3, the type-approval authority shall deliver an EC component type-approval certificate established in accordance with the model set out in Part 2 of Annex I.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/706/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-706/article-4
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