{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-166/article-5",
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  "legislation": "eur/2015/166",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/166 of 3 February 2015 supplementing and amending Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the inclusion of specific procedures, assessment methods and technical requirements, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Commission Regulations (EU) No 1003/2010, (EU) No 109/2011 and (EU) No 458/2011 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-166",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Self-testing",
  "text": "1. In line with Articles 11(1) and 41(6) of Directive 2007/46/EC and Annexes V and XV thereto, a manufacturer may be appointed as technical service. The general conditions which the designation of a manufacturer as a technical service shall fulfil are set out in the Appendix to Annex XV to Directive 2007/46/EC. The prescriptions as amended by this Regulation shall apply and the procedure set out in paragraphs 2 to 5 shall be followed.\n2. The type-approval authority shall grant an EC type-approval pursuant to Article 3 of this Regulation and issue a type-approval number in accordance with the numbering system set out in Annex VII to Directive 2007/46/EC.\n3. The type-approval authority shall deliver an EC type-approval certificate established in accordance with the model set out in Part 3 of Annex I with annexed thereto the completed communication form conforming to the relevant model in the applied UNECE regulation with the entry of its UNECE type-approval number left blank.\n4. The information folder in accordance with Article 2 shall subsequently be annexed to the type-approval certificate and communication form referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article.\n5. Where applicable, an example of the EC type-approval marking, in accordance with the Appendix to Annex VII to Directive 2007/46/EC, shall be provided in the type-approval certificate referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/166/article/5",
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  },
  "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."
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