# Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) No 167/2013, and amending and repealing Directive 97/68/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Article 47: Designation of technical services

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

1. Approval authorities shall designate technical services for one or more of the following categories of activities, in accordance with their fields of competence:
(a) category A carrying out the tests referred to in this Regulation in the facilities belonging to the technical service in question;
(b) category B supervising the tests referred to in this Regulation, where such tests are performed in the facilities of a manufacturer or of a third party;
(c) category C assessing and monitoring on a regular basis the manufacturer's procedures for ensuring the conformity of production;
(d) category D supervising or performing tests or inspections for ensuring the conformity of production.
2. An approval authority may act as a technical service for one or more of the categories of activities referred to in paragraph 1.
3. Technical services of a third country, other than those designated in accordance with this Article, may be the subject of a notification pursuant to Article 50 where such a recognition of technical services is provided for by a bilateral agreement concluded between the Union and the third country concerned.
However, a technical service established in accordance with Article 45(2) may establish subsidiaries in third countries, provided that the subsidiaries are directly managed and controlled by that technical service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1628/article/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1628/article-47
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