CHAPTER II F1UAS intended to be operated in the ‘ open ’ category ..., accessories kits bearing a class identification label and remote identification add-ons

SECTION 3Conformity of the product

Article 13Conformity assessment procedures

F11.

The manufacturer shall perform a conformity assessment of the product using one of the following procedures with a view to establishing its compliance with the requirements set out in Parts 1 to 6, 16 and 17 of the Annex. The conformity assessment shall take into account all intended and foreseeable operating conditions.

2.

The procedures available to conduct the conformity assessment shall be the following:

F1(a)

internal production control as set out in Part 7 of the Annex, when

F2i)

assessing the compliance of a product with the requirements set out in Parts 1, 5, 6, 16 or 17 of the Annex, subject to the condition that the manufacturer has applied F3the designated standards, for all the requirements for which such standards exist F4, or

ii)

the conditions in paragraph 3 are satisfied;

(b)

F5type examination followed by conformity to type based on internal production control as set out in Part 8 of the Annex;

(c)

conformity based on full quality assurance as set out in Part 9 of the F6Annex.

F73.

The conditions in this paragraph are—

(a)

that the conformity assessment is conducted before 1st January 2028,

(b)

that the assessment is of the compliance of a product with the requirements set out in Parts 2, 3 or 4 of the Annex, and

(c)

that the product is covered by a type examination under Part 8 of the Annex to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 of 12 March 2019 on unmanned aircraft systems and on third-country operators of unmanned aircraft systems as it has effect in EU Law.