Regulation 16 EC declaration of conformity (guarantee of product or production quality)
Where a manufacturer has implemented a quality system which has been approved under regulation 14 or under a corresponding provision of the law of another member State and he is satisfied that an appliance or a fitting has been manufactured in conformity with an approved type,—
(a)
in the case of an appliance,
(i)
he may issue a declaration that the appliance conforms with the relevant EC type-examination certificate and satisfies the relevant essential require ments (an “EC declaration of conformity (guarantee of product or production quality)”), and
(ii)
if he does so, shall affix the EC mark in accordance with regulation 24; and
(b)
in the case of a fitting, shall supply a fitting certificate.