The Radio Equipment Regulations 2017

EU-type examination

3.—(1) The manufacturer must lodge an application for EU-type examination with a single notified body of the manufacturer’s choice.

(2) The application must include:

(a) the name and address of the manufacturer and, if the application is lodged by the authorised representative, the representative’s name and address as well;

(b) a written declaration that the same application has not been lodged with any other notified body;

(c) the technical documentation. The technical documentation shall make it possible to assess the radio equipment’s conformity with the applicable requirements of these Regulations and must include an adequate analysis and assessment of the risk(s). The technical documentation must specify the applicable requirements and cover, as far as relevant for the assessment, the design, manufacture and operation of the radio equipment. The technical documentation must contain, wherever applicable, the elements set out in Schedule 5 (contents of technical documentation);

(d) the supporting evidence for the adequacy of the technical design solution. That supporting evidence must mention any documents that have been used, in particular where the relevant harmonised standards have not been applied or have not been fully applied. The supporting evidence must include, where necessary, the results of tests carried out in accordance with other relevant technical specifications by the appropriate laboratory of the manufacturer, or by another testing laboratory on the manufacturer’s behalf and under the manufacturer’s responsibility.