Article 1

Decision 98/213/EC is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    the following Article 3a is inserted:

    ‘Article 3a

    The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex IV shall be indicated in mandates for harmonised European standards.’;

  2. (2)

    Annex IV is added, the text of which is set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 March 2012.

For the Commission

Antonio Tajani

Vice-President