F1PART 13SUB-PART A: MAKING AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET – OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS, SUB-PART B: CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES, SUB-PART C: NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

Pt. 13 (regs. 39-77) substituted for Pt. 13 (regs. 39-42) (and therefore original regs. 43, 44 renumbered as new regs. 78, 79, new reg. 80 substituted for original reg. 45 and original regs. 46-49 renumbered as new regs. 81-84) (20.4.2016) by The Explosives Regulations 2014 (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/315), regs. 1, 7, 8, 9 (with regs. 2(1), 15)

SUB-PART B: CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

F2UK marking68

1

F3The UK marking must be affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly—

a

to the civil explosive; or

b

where paragraph (1A) applies, to—

i

a label affixed to the civil explosive; or

ii

the accompanying documents.

F101A

For a period of F11seven years beginning with IP completion day, the UK marking may be affixed to—

a

a label affixed to the civil explosive; or

b

the accompanying documents.

2

Where F4paragraph (1A) does not apply and it is not possible or warranted, on account of the nature of the civil explosive, to affix the F5UK marking in accordance with paragraph (1), the F5UK marking must be affixed to—

a

the packaging; and

b

the accompanying documents.

3

The F6UK marking must be followed by the identification number of the F7approved body which carried out the relevant conformity assessment procedure for the civil explosive, where that body is involved in the production control phase.

4

The identification number of the F8approved body must be affixed—

a

by the F8approved body itself; or

b

under the instructions of the F8approved body, by the manufacturer or the manufacturer’s authorised representative.

5

In the case of a civil explosive—

a

manufactured for the manufacturer’s own use;

b

transported and delivered unpackaged or in a mobile explosives manufacturing unit for its direct unloading into the blast-hole; or

c

manufactured at the blasting site which is loaded immediately after being produced,

the F9UK marking must be affixed to the accompanying documents.