# Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Division 2.3: Product checks

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

An approved body, chosen by the manufacturer, shall carry out product checks or have them carried out at intervals of one year or less, in order to verify the quality of the internal checks on the appliance or the fitting, taking into account, inter alia, the technological complexity of the appliances or the fittings and the quantity of production. An adequate sample of the final appliances or fittings taken on site by the approved body before the placing on the market, shall be examined and appropriate tests as identified by the relevant parts of the designated standards, and/or equivalent tests set out in other relevant technical specifications, shall be carried out in order to check the conformity of the appliance or the fitting with the relevant requirements of this Regulation. Where a sample does not conform to the acceptable quality level, the approved body shall take appropriate measures.
The acceptance sampling procedure to be applied is intended to determine whether the manufacturing process of the appliance or the fitting performs within acceptable limits, with a view to ensuring conformity of the appliance or the fitting.
The manufacturer shall, under the responsibility of the approved body, affix the approved body's identification number during the manufacturing process.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/426/annex/III/division/2/division/2.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-426/annex-III/division-2/division-2.3
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