ANNEX
Letter from Director-General, DGIII, European Commission
to the Clerk of the House
The Commission's services understand that the proposed Order aims
inter alia at permitting certain manufacturers, installers and
repairers, approved by the Minister, to conduct self verification
instead of mandatory verification carried out by an inspector
of weights and measures.
The Commission's services take the view that the proposed order
is notifiable under directive 83/189/EEC.
Indeed, the term "technical specification" set
out in Article 1 § 2 of this directive covers, inter alia,
"the requirements applicable to the product as regards...testing
and test methods...and conformity assesssment procedures".
There can be no doubt that the determination of the person
carrying out and being responsible for the testing and for the
checking the conformity (first-, second- or third-party-certification),
is clearly one of the most fundamental characteristics of any
testing and conformity assessment procedure and therefore can
be said to affect the marketing or use of the products concerned.
2 July 1998
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