Article 9 Format of test reports

The format of the test reports referred to in Article 27(1) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 shall comply with the general requirements set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

Existing test reports for components and separate technical units issued under Directive 2003/37/EC, Directive 2007/46/EC, Directive 97/68/EC, Regulation (EU) No 595/2009 or international regulations referred to in Chapter XIII of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 and the delegated and implementing acts adopted pursuant that Regulation, shall be accepted for the purposes of type-approval under Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 under the condition that neither the substantive requirements nor the requirements regarding the test procedures have changed since the execution of the test. Test reports fulfilling these conditions shall be listed in Annex VIII to this Regulation.