{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-879/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-879/article-4.json",
  "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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Submission of verification documents",
  "text": "The importer of equipment shall submit the verification document referred to in Article 3(2) of this Regulation by submitting to the appropriate regulator by 31 March every year for the preceding calendar year and indicate in the tool the auditor's findings about 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. 4 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(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/879/article/4",
    "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."
}