{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-426/article-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-426/article-14.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/426",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-426",
  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Conformity assessment procedures for appliances and fittings",
  "text": "1. Before an appliance or a fitting is placed on the market, the manufacturer shall submit it to a conformity assessment procedure in accordance with paragraph 2 or 3.\n2. The conformity of series-manufactured appliances and fittings with the requirements of this Regulation shall be assessed by means of the ... type-examination (Module B — production type) set out in point 1 of Annex III, combined with one of the following modules, at the choice of the manufacturer:\n(a) conformity to type based on internal production control plus supervised product checks at random intervals (Module C2), set out in point 2 of Annex III;\n(b) conformity to type based on quality assurance of the production process (Module D), set out in point 3 of Annex III;\n(c) conformity to type based on product quality assurance (Module E), set out in point 4 of Annex III;\n(d) conformity to type based on product verification (Module F), set out in point 5 of Annex III.\n3. In the case of an appliance or a fitting produced as a single unit or in small quantities, the manufacturer may choose one of the procedures set out in paragraph 2 of this Article or conformity based on unit verification (Module G) set out in point 6 of Annex III.\n4. Records and correspondence relating to conformity assessment of an appliance or a fitting shall be drawn up in English or in a language accepted by the approved body.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Art. 14(2) 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. 36 para. 2(14)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Art. 14(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 36 para. 2(14)(b)(i) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 14(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 36 para. 2(14)(b)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/426/article/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:57.911179+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."
}