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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-879/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/879",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/879 of 2 June 2016 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council, detailed arrangements relating to the declaration of conformity when placing refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment charged with hydrofluorocarbons on the market and its verification by an independent auditor (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-879",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Verification",
  "text": "1. The independent auditor referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 shall verify the following documentation and declaration(s) of conformity of the importer of the equipment:\n(a) consistency of the declaration(s) of conformity and the related documents with the reports submitted pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 and Sections 11, 12 and 13 of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1191/2014;\n(b) the accuracy and completeness of the information contained in the declarations of conformity and the related documents on the basis of the undertaking's records of relevant transactions;\n(c) where an importer of equipment refers to an authorisation issued in accordance with Article 18(2) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014, the availability of sufficient authorisations by comparing data in the registry referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 with documents evidencing the placing on the market;\n(d) where the hydrofluorocarbons contained in the equipment have been placed on the market in any part of Great Britain, subsequently exported and charged into the equipment outside any part of Great Britain, the existence of a declaration by the undertaking placing the hydrofluorocarbons on the market in accordance with Article 2(2)(d), covering the relevant quantities.\n2. The independent auditor shall issue a verification document containing its findings following the verification in accordance with paragraph 1. This shall include a statement on the level of accuracy of the relevant documentation and declarations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(1)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 71(2)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1616, regs. 1(2), 2(34)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/879/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:48.112334+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."
}