# The Pressure Vessels (Verification) Regulations 1988, Regulation 10: Article 22 procedure for pressure vessels


(1) In this regulation `the Article 22 procedure' is the procedure specified in Article 22 of the Framework Directive whereby a manufacturer wishing to export a pressure vessel which is subject to that Directive but not subject to the requirements of a Separate Directive, may have the vessel verified as conforming to the design requirements imposed by the law of the Member State to which the vessel is to be exported.
(2) The Executive shall appoint a body or bodies of persons in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) to verify pressure vessels under the Article 22 procedure.
(3) In making the appointment referred to in paragraph (2), the Executive shall take into account the minimum criteria set out in paragraphs 1 to 7 of Annex III of the Framework Directive; and for the efficient and proper functioning of such a body it may, in making such an appointment, impose such conditions as it thinks fit.
(4) The provisions of regulation 3(3) and (4) shall apply to an appointment under paragraph (2) as they apply to the appointment of an inspection body under that regulation.
(5) An application for verification under the Article 22 procedure shall be made and dealt with in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 6 of Annex IV of the Framework Directive.
(6) The Executive shall be responsible for discharging in Great Britain the functions placed on the recipient administration by Annex IV of the Framework Directive.
(7) Where a manufacturer or his representative makes an application under the Article 22 procedure to the Executive, he or his representative, as the case may be, shall pay to the Executive a provisional fee equal to the amount the Executive estimates it will incur in, or in connection with, carrying out, or causing to have carried out, its functions in respect of the application concerned.
(8) Where the costs incurred by the Executive are greater than the provisional fee, the difference between those costs and that fee shall be payable by the manufacturer to the Executive, and where those costs are less than the provisional fee, the difference between those costs and that fee shall be repayable by the Executive to the manufacturer.
(9) For the purpose of estimating the provisional fee and ascertaining the costs incurred by it the Executive may determine the cost of employing an officer for any period on work appropriate to his grade by reference to the average cost to it of employing officers of his grade for that period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/896/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pressure-vessels-verification-regulations-1988/regulation-10
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