12.—(1) Subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation, PPE which either meets the basic health and safety requirements or is presumed to do so in accordance with regulation 8(2)(a) shall bear the CE marking in a visible, legible and indelible form.
(2) Where the manufacturer or his authorised representative established within the Community is required to affix the CE marking to PPE it shall be affixed in accordance with Schedules 4 and 6.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), where any PPE is subject to any other directive or directives in addition to the PPE Directive which also provides for the affixing of the CE marking, the CE marking shall indicate that the PPE also fulfils the provisions of that other directive or directives.
(4) Where one or more of the other directives referred to in paragraph (3) allow the manufacturer, during a transitional period, to choose which arrangements apply, the CE marking shall indicate conformity to the provisions only of the directive or directives applied by the manufacturer; and, in this case, the particulars of the directive or directives applied, as published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, must be given in the documents, notices or instructions required by the directive or directives and accompanying the PPE in question.