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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-machinery-safety-regulations-2008/schedule-2/part-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1597",
  "legislation_title": "The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-machinery-safety-regulations-2008",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Annex II: Declarations",
  "text": "1.\nCONTENT\nA.\nEC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY OF THE MACHINERY\nThis declaration and translations thereof must be drawn up under the same conditions as the instructions (see Annex I (Part 1 of this Schedule), section 1.7.4.1(a) and (b)), and must be typewritten or else handwritten in capital letters.\nThis declaration relates exclusively to the machinery in the state in which it was placed on the market, and excludes components which are added and/or operations carried out subsequently by the final user.\nThe EC declaration of conformity must contain the following particulars:\n1.\nbusiness name and full address of the manufacturer and, where appropriate, the manufacturer's authorised representative;\n2.\nname and address of the person authorised to compile the technical file , who must be established in a relevant state;\n3.\ndescription and identification of the machinery, including generic denomination, function, model, type, serial number and commercial name;\n4.\na sentence expressly declaring that the machinery fulfils all the relevant provisions of the Directive these Regulations and where appropriate, a similar sentence declaring the conformity with other Directives and/or enactments or relevant provisions with which the machinery complies. These references must be those of the texts published in the Official Journal of the European Union;\n5.\nwhere appropriate, the name, address and identification number of the notified approved body which carried out the EC type- Type- examination referred to in Annex IX (Part 9 of this Schedule) and the number of the EC type- Type- examination certificate;\n6.\nwhere appropriate, the name, address and identification number of the notified approved body which approved the full quality assurance system referred to in Annex X (Part 10 of this Schedule);\n7.\nwhere appropriate, a reference to the published harmonised designated standards used;\n8.\nwhere appropriate, the reference to other technical standards and specifications used;\n9.\nthe place and date of the declaration;\n10.\nthe identity and signature of the person empowered to draw up the declaration on behalf of the responsible person.\nB.\nDECLARATION OF INCORPORATION OF PARTLY COMPLETED MACHINERY\nThis declaration and translations thereof must be drawn up under the same conditions as the instructions (see Annex I (Part 1 of this Schedule), section 1.7.4.1(a) and (b)), and must be typewritten or else handwritten in capital letters.\nThe declaration of incorporation must contain the following particulars:\n1.\nbusiness name and full address of the manufacturer of the partly completed machinery and, where appropriate, the manufacturer's authorised representative;\n2.\nname and address of the person authorised to compile the relevant technical documentation , who must be established in a relevant state;\n3.\ndescription and identification of the partly completed machinery including generic denomination, function, model, type, serial number and commercial name;\n4.\na sentence declaring which essential health and safety requirements are applied and fulfilled and that the relevant technical documentation is compiled in accordance with Annex VII (Part 7 of this Schedule), part B, and, where appropriate, a sentence declaring the conformity of the partly completed machinery with other relevant Directives enactments. These references must be those of the texts published in the Official Journal of the European Union;\n5.\nan undertaking to transmit, in response to a reasoned request by the national authorities, relevant information on the partly completed machinery. This shall include the method of transmission and shall be without prejudice to the intellectual property rights of the manufacturer of the partly completed machinery;\n6.\na statement that the partly completed machinery must not be put into service until the final machinery into which it is to be incorporated has been declared in conformity with the provisions of the Directive these Regulations, where appropriate;\n7.\nthe place and date of the declaration;\n8.\nthe identity and signature of the person empowered to draw up the declaration on behalf of the responsible person.\n2.\nCUSTODY\nThe manufacturer of machinery or the manufacturer's authorised representative shall keep the original EC declaration of conformity for a period of at least 10 years from the last date of manufacture of the machinery.\nThe manufacturer of partly completed machinery or the manufacturer's authorised representative shall keep the original declaration of incorporation for a period of at least 10 years from the last date of manufacture of the partly completed machinery.",
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