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Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

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ANNEX IVU.K. EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY No xxxxx (1)

1.No xxxxx (Product: product, batch, type, or serial number):U.K.

2.Name and address of the manufacturer or his authorised representative [The authorised representative must also give the business name and address of the manufacturer] or the private importer.U.K.

3.This declaration of conformity is issued under the sole responsibility of the manufacturer or the private importer or the person referred to in Article 19(3) or (4) of Directive 2013/53/EU.U.K.

4.Object of the declaration (identification of product allowing traceability. It may include a photograph, where appropriate):U.K.

5.The object of the declaration described in point 4 is in conformity with the relevant Union harmonisation legislation:U.K.

6.References to the relevant harmonised standards used or references to the other technical specifications in relation to which conformity is declared:U.K.

7.Where applicable, the notified body … (name, number) performed … (description of intervention) and issued the certificate:U.K.

8.Identification of the person empowered to sign on behalf of the manufacturer or his authorised representativeU.K.

9.Additional information:U.K.

  • The EU declaration of conformity shall include a statement of the propulsion engine manufacturer and that of the person adapting an engine in accordance with points (b) and (c) of Article 6(4) that:

    (a)

    when installed in a watercraft, in accordance with the installation instructions accompanying the engine, the engine will meet:

    (i)

    the exhaust emission requirements of this Directive;

    (ii)

    the limits of Directive 97/68/EC as regards engines type-approved in accordance with Directive 97/68/EC which are in compliance with stage III A, stage III B or stage IV emission limits for CI engines used in other applications than propulsion of inland waterway vessels, locomotives and railcars, as provided for in point 4.1.2 of Annex I to that Directive; or

    (iii)

    the limits of Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 as regards engines type-approved in accordance with that Regulation.

  • The engine must not be put into service until the watercraft into which it is to be installed has been declared in conformity, if so required, with the relevant provision of this Directive.

  • If the engine has been placed on the market during the additional transitional period provided for in Article 55(2), the EU declaration of conformity shall contain an indication thereof.

  • Signed for and on behalf of:

    • (place and date of issue)

    • (name, function) (signature)

(1)

It is optional to assign a number to the declaration of conformity.

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