| 5. |
The notified body which issued the European approval for pressure equipment materials
shall withdraw that approval if it finds that it should not have been issued for if the
type of materials is covered by a harmonized standard. It shall immediately inform the
other Member States, the notified bodies and the Commission of any withdrawal of an
approval.
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Article 12 Notified
bodies |
| 1. |
Member States shall notify the Commission and the other Member States of the bodies
which they have appointed to carry out the procedures referred to in Article 10 and Article
11, together with the specific tasks which those bodies have been appointed to carry
out and the identification numbers assigned to them beforehand by the Commission.
The Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Communities a list of
the notified bodies, with their identification numbers and the tasks for which they have
been notified. The Commission shall ensure that this list is kept up to date.
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| 2. |
Member States shall apply the criteria set out in Annex
IV for the designation of bodies. Bodies meeting the criteria laid down in the
relevant harmonized standards shall be presumed to fulfil the corresponding criteria in Annex IV.
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| 3. |
A Member State which has notified a body must withdraw such notification if it finds
that the body no longer meets the criteria referred to in paragraph 2.
It shall forthwith inform the other Member States and the Commission of any such
withdrawal of a notification.
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Article 13 Recognized
third-party organizations |
| 1. |
Member States shall notify the Commission and the other Member States of the
third-party organizations which they have recognized for the purposes of the tasks
referred to in Annex I, sections 3.2.2
and 3.1.3.
The Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Communities a list of
the recognized organizations with the tasks for which they have been recognized. The
Commission shall ensure that this list is kept up to date.
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| 2. |
Member States shall apply the criteria set out in Annex
IV for the recognition of organizations. Organizations meeting the criteria laid down
in the relevant harmonized standards shall be presumed to fulfil the corresponding
criteria in Annex IV. |
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| 3. |
A Member State which has recognized an organization must withdraw such recognition if
it finds that the organization no longer meets the criteria referred to in paragraph
2.
It shall forthwith inform the other Member States and the Commission of any such
withdrawal of a recognition.
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Article 14 User
inspectorates |
| 1. |
By way of derogation from the provisions relating to the tasks carried out by the
notified bodies, Member States may authorize in their territory the placing on the market,
and the putting into service by users, of pressure equipment or assemblies referred to in Article 1 of which conformity with the essential
requirements has been assessed by a user inspectorate designated in accordance with the
criteria referred to in paragraph 8.
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| 2. |
When a Member State has designated a user inspectorate in accordance with the criteria
set out in this Article, it may not, on grounds of the hazards due to pressure, prohibit,
restrict or impede the placing on the market or putting into service under the conditions
provided for in this Article of pressure equipment or assemblies the conformity of which
has been assessed by a user inspectorate designated by another Member State in accordance
with the criteria set out in this Article.
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| 3. |
Pressure equipment and assemblies the conformity of which has been assessed by a user
inspectorate shall not bear the CE marking.
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| 4. |
The pressure equipment and assemblies referred to may be used only in establishments
operated by the group of which the inspectorate is part. The group shall apply a common
safety policy as regards the technical specifications for the design, manufacture,
inspection, maintenance and use of pressure equipment and assemblies.
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| 5. |
The user inspectorates shall act exclusively for the group of which they are
part.
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| 6. |
The conformity assessment procedures applicable by user inspectorates shall be modules
A1, C1,
F and G,
as described in Annex III.
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| 7. |
Member States shall inform the other Member States and the Commission which user
inspectorates they have authorized, the tasks for which they have been designated and, for
each inspectorate, a list of the establishments satisfying the provisions of paragraph 4. |
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