Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/879Show full title

Article 3 U.K. Verification

1. The independent auditor referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 shall verify the following documentation and declaration(s) of conformity of the importer of the equipment:

(a) consistency of the declaration(s) of conformity and the related documents with the reports submitted pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 and Sections 11, 12 and 13 of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1191/2014;

(b) the accuracy and completeness of the information contained in the declarations of conformity and the related documents on the basis of the undertaking's records of relevant transactions;

(c) where an importer of equipment refers to an authorisation issued in accordance with Article 18(2) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014, the availability of sufficient authorisations by comparing data in the registry referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 with documents evidencing the placing on the market;

(d) where the hydrofluorocarbons contained in the equipment have been placed on the market in [F1 any part of Great Britain], subsequently exported and charged into the equipment outside [F1 any part of Great Britain], the existence of a declaration by the undertaking placing the hydrofluorocarbons on the market in accordance with Article 2(2)(d), covering the relevant quantities.

2. The independent auditor shall issue a verification document containing its findings following the verification in accordance with paragraph 1. This shall include a statement on the level of accuracy of the relevant documentation and declarations.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 3(1)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 71(2)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1616, regs. 1(2), 2(34)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)