{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/regulation-33B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/regulation-33B.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1153",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/33B",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "33B",
  "heading": "Conformity assessment procedure obligation which is met by complying with the Directive",
  "text": "(1) In this regulation—\n(a) any reference to an Article or an Annex is a reference to an Article or an Annex of the Directive;\n(b) “Module B” means the conformity assessment procedure set out under the heading “MODULE B: EU-TYPE EXAMINATION” in Annex II;\n(c) “EU-type examination certificate” means an EU-type examination certificate issued in accordance with Module B;\n(d) “harmonised standard” has the meaning given to it in Article 4(14);\n(e) “instrument-specific Annexes” means Annexes III to XII.\n(2) Paragraph (3) applies where—\n(a) in accordance with Article 17, one of the conformity assessment procedures listed in the instrument-specific Annex that applies to the regulated measuring instrument is Module B; and\n(b) before placing a regulated measuring instrument on the market, the manufacturer ensures that—\n(i) the regulated measuring instrument has been designed in accordance with the essential requirements set out in Annex I and in the relevant instrument-specific Annex which applies to the regulated measuring instrument; and\n(ii) Module B has been complied with in respect of that regulated measuring instrument.\n(3) Where this paragraph applies—\n(a) any reference in regulation 7(c) to “relevant conformity assessment procedure” includes Module B;\n(b) any reference to “type examination certificate” in regulations 45(1)(j), 72(3)(b) and 73(3)(b) is to be read as a reference to “EU-type examination certificate”; and\n(c) any reference to “designated standard” in regulation 45(1)(f) is to be read as a reference to “harmonised standard.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 33A-33D inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 27 para. 18 (with Sch. 27 para. 50(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 19(4)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1153/regulation/33B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:17:40.726189+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."
}