Article 26 General provisions on conduct of procedures for GB type-approvalF11

For each type of vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit, only one F1GB  type-approval may be granted.

F2The approval authority, having received an application in accordance with Article 23, shall only grant F3a GB  type-approval after having verified all of the following:

The procedures with respect to F5GB  type-approval, that are set out in Annex III, and the procedures with respect to multi-stage type-approval, set out in Annex IX, shall apply.

F6The Secretary of State may by regulations amend Annexes III and IX to update the procedures in those Annexes in relation to GB type-approval and multi-stage approval to take into account regulatory and technological developments.

The approval authority shall put together an information package consisting of the information folder referred to in Article 24, accompanied by the test reports and all other documents that were added to the information folder by the technical service or by the approval authority while carrying out their tasks.

The information package may be kept electronically. It shall contain an index that clearly indicates all of the pages and the format of each document, and that chronologically records any changes to the GB  type-approval.

The approval authority shall keep the information package available for a period of 10 years after the end of the validity of the GB  type-approval concerned.

The approval authority shall refuse to grant F7a GB  type-approval where it finds that a type of vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit that complies with the applicable requirements nonetheless presents a serious risk to safety or may seriously harm the environment or public health. F8...

In accordance with Article 22(4), in the case of step-by-step, mixed and multi-stage type-approval procedures, the approval authority shall refuse to grant F9a GB  type-approval where it finds that systems, components or separate technical units do not comply with the requirements set out in this Regulation.

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