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Regulation 10 Connection marking requirements

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(1)

The connection marking requirements are that there shall be affixed to applicable terminal equipment—

(a)

the following marks in the following order—

(i)

the CE mark;

(ii)

the notified body symbol; and

(iii)

the connection symbol; and

(b)

an inscription identifying the equipment—

(i)

by means of—

(aa)

type; and

(bb)

batch or serial numbers or both; and

(ii)

by the name of the manufacturer or supplier responsible for first supplying it in the Community.

(2)

Where applicable terminal equipment is the subject of Community Directives other than the TTE Directive providing for the affixing of a mark consisting of or including the symbol “CE”, the CE mark may only be affixed thereto for the purposes of these Regulations if the equipment conforms with the relevant requirements of those other Directives.

(3)

No person shall affix the CE mark, or the connection symbol, or any other inscription liable to be confused with either such mark, to applicable terminal equipment which does not comply with regulation 8(a) and (b) above.

(4)

No person shall affix the CE mark, or any inscription liable to be confused therewith, in relation to any terminal equipment other than applicable terminal equipment; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the affixing of the CE mark to any terminal equipment pursuant to any Community right or obligation other than the TTE Directive.

(5)

In these Regulations—

(a)

“CE mark” means a mark consisting of the symbol “CE” in the form shown in Schedule 2 hereto;

(b)

“notified body symbol” means the identifying symbol of the notified body responsible, that is to say, the symbol notified to the Commission pursuant to Article 10.1 of the TTE Directive in respect of the notified body which has been chosen by the manufacturer to carry out the product check procedure, has approved the production quality assurance quality system, or approved the full quality assurance approved quality system, as the case may be, such symbol being affixed in the form shown in Schedule 3 hereto; and

(c)

“connection symbol” means the symbol shown in the said Schedule 3 indicating that the equipment is intended and is suitable to be connected to the public telecommunications network.