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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-945/article-13",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/945",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 of 12 March 2019 on unmanned aircraft systems and on third-country operators of unmanned aircraft systems",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-945",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Conformity assessment procedures",
  "text": "1 . The manufacturer shall perform a conformity assessment of the product using one of the following procedures with a view to establishing its compliance with the requirements set out in Parts 1 to 6, 16 and 17 of the Annex. The conformity assessment shall take into account all intended and foreseeable operating conditions.\n2. The procedures available to conduct the conformity assessment shall be the following:\n(a) internal production control as set out in Part 7 of the Annex, when\n(i)) assessing the compliance of a product with the requirements set out in Parts 1, 5, 6, 16 or 17 of the Annex, subject to the condition that the manufacturer has applied the designated standards, for all the requirements for which such standards exist , or\n(ii)) the conditions in paragraph 3 are satisfied;\n(b) type examination followed by conformity to type based on internal production control as set out in Part 8 of the Annex;\n(c) conformity based on full quality assurance as set out in Part 9 of the Annex.\n3. The conditions in this paragraph are—\na) that the conformity assessment is conducted before 1st January 2028,\nb) that the assessment is of the compliance of a product with the requirements set out in Parts 2, 3 or 4 of the Annex, and\nc) that the product is covered by a type examination under Part 8 of the Annex to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 of 12 March 2019 on unmanned aircraft systems and on third-country operators of unmanned aircraft systems as it has effect in EU Law.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1058 of 27 April 2020 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 as regards the introduction of two new unmanned aircraft systems classes."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 13(2)(a)(i): words renumbered as Art. 13(2)(a)(i) (1.1.2026) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1106), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 13(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1593), regs. 1(2), 16(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 13(2)(a)(ii) and word inserted (1.1.2026) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1106), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Art. 13(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1593), regs. 1(2), 16(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in Art. 13(2)(c) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1106), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Art. 13(3) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1106), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/945/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:20.104396+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."
}