Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2A inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 19 para. 39 (with Sch. 19 para. 36) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1. Conformity based on unit verification is the conformity assessment procedure whereby the manufacturer fulfils the obligations laid down in points 2, 3 and 5, and ensures and declares on his sole responsibility that the pyrotechnic article concerned, which has been subject to the provisions of point 4, is in conformity with the requirements of these Regulations that apply to it.E+W+S
2. Technical documentationE+W+S
The manufacturer shall establish the technical documentation and make it available to the approved body referred to in point 4. The documentation shall make it possible to assess the pyrotechnic article's conformity with the relevant requirements, and shall include an adequate analysis and assessment of the risk(s). The technical documentation shall specify the applicable requirements and cover, as far as relevant for the assessment, the design, manufacture and operation of the pyrotechnic article. The technical documentation shall, wherever applicable, contain at least the following elements:
(a)a general description of the pyrotechnic article;
(b)conceptual design and manufacturing drawings and schemes of components, sub-assemblies, circuits, etc.;
(c)descriptions and explanations necessary for the understanding of those drawings and schemes and the operation of the pyrotechnic article;
(d)a list of the designated standards applied in full or in part and, where those designated standards have not been applied, descriptions of the solutions adopted to meet the essential safety requirements of these Regulations, including a list of other relevant technical specifications applied. In the case of partly applied designated standards, the technical documentation shall specify the parts which have been applied;
(e)results of design calculations made, examinations carried out, etc.;
(f)test reports.
The manufacturer shall keep the technical documentation at the disposal of the relevant national authorities for 10 years after the pyrotechnic article has been placed on the market.
3. ManufacturingE+W+S
The manufacturer shall take all measures necessary so that the manufacturing process and its monitoring ensure conformity of the manufactured pyrotechnic article with the applicable requirements of these Regulations.
4. VerificationE+W+S
An approved body chosen by the manufacturer shall carry out appropriate examinations and tests, set out in the relevant designated standards and/or equivalent tests set out in other relevant technical specifications, to check the conformity of the pyrotechnic article with the applicable requirements of these Regulations, or have them carried out. In the absence of such a designated standard the approved body concerned shall decide on the appropriate tests to be carried out.
The approved body shall issue a certificate of conformity in respect of the examinations and tests carried out and shall affix its identification number to the approved pyrotechnic article, or have it affixed under its responsibility.
The manufacturer shall keep the certificates of conformity at the disposal of the national authorities for 10 years after the pyrotechnic article has been placed on the market.
5. UK marking and declaration of conformityE+W+S
5.1. The manufacturer shall affix the UK marking and, under the responsibility of the approved body referred to in point 4, the latter's identification number to each pyrotechnic article that satisfies the applicable requirements of these Regulations.E+W+S
5.2. The manufacturer shall draw up a written declaration of conformity and keep it at the disposal of the national authorities for 10 years after the pyrotechnic article has been placed on the market. The declaration of conformity shall identify the pyrotechnic article for which it has been drawn up.E+W+S
A copy of the declaration of conformity shall be made available to the relevant authorities upon request.]