{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-425/annex-VIII/division-CONFORMITY/division-3/division-3.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-425/annex-VIII/division-CONFORMITY/division-3/division-3.1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/425",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-425",
  "path": "annex/VIII/division/CONFORMITY/division/3/division/3.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The manufacturer shall lodge an application for assessment of his quality system with a single approved body of his choice.\nThe application shall include:\n(a)the name and address of the manufacturer and, if the application is lodged by the authorised representative, his name and address as well;\n(b)the address of the manufacturer's premises where the audits can be carried out;\n(c)a written declaration that the same application has not been lodged with any other approved body;\n(d)the identification of the PPE concerned;\n(e)the documentation concerning the quality system.\nWhere the chosen body is not the body that has carried out the ... type-examination, the application shall also include the following:\n(a)the technical documentation of the PPE described in Annex III;\n(b)a copy of the ... type-examination certificate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Annex 8 para. 3.1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 35 para. 3(51)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Annex 8 para. 3.1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 35 para. 3(51)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/425/annex/VIII/division/CONFORMITY/division/3/division/3.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:58.157392+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}