# The Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Regulations 2000, Regulation 9: Conformity assessment procedures for apparatus

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) For the purposes of regulation 5(2)(c), the appropriate conformity assessment procedure for apparatus shall, subject to paragraph (2), be chosen from the procedures set out in Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 5 as follows:
(a) for telecommunications terminal equipment which does not make use of the spectrum allocated to terrestrial/space radio communications and for the receiving parts of radio equipment, the conformity assessment procedures which may be chosen from are those laid down in Schedules 2, 4 and 5;
(b) where radio equipment is not within the scope of subparagraph (a) above and the manufacturer has fully applied harmonised standards, the conformity assessment procedures which may be chosen from are those laid down in Schedules 3, 4 and 5;
(c) where radio equipment is not within the scope of subparagraph (a) above and the manufacturer has not applied harmonised standards or has applied them only in part, the conformity assessment procedures which may be chosen from are those laid down in Schedules 4 and 5.
(2) As an alternative to the procedures set out in paragraph (1), compliance of the apparatus with the essential requirements identified in—
(a) regulation 4(2)(a) may be demonstrated by using the procedures specified in Council Directive 73/23/EEC, and
(b) regulation 4(2)(b) may be demonstrated by using the procedures specified in Article 10(1) and 10(2) of Directive 89/336/EEC,
where apparatus is within the scope of either of those Directives.
(3) Any technical documentation or other information in relation to apparatus required to be retained under the conformity assessment procedure used shall be retained by the person specified in that respect in that conformity assessment procedure for the appropriate period specified in that procedure.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/730/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/radio-equipment-and-telecommunications-terminal-equipment-regulations-2000/regulation-9
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