S.L. 427.34 Art. 18BPresumption of conformity based on harmonised standards and common specifications.

(1) Without prejudice to regulations 12, 13 and 14, electrical equipment which is in conformity with the harmonised standards or common specifications or parts thereof referred to in these regulations, shall be presumed to be in conformity with the safety objectives referred to in regulation 5 and established in Schedule I which are covered by those standards, common specifications or parts thereof.

(2) From the day following the expiry or deactivation of the internal market emergency mode, it shall no longer be possible for manufacturers to rely on the presumption of conformity provided by the harmonised standards, or the common specifications referred to in sub-regulation (1).

(3) By way of derogation from regulation 18A(3), unless there is sufficient reason to believe that electrical equipment covered by the harmonised standards or common specifications referred to in sub-regulation (1) present a risk to the health or safety of persons, the electrical equipment which is in conformity with those standards or common specifications and which has been placed on the market shall be deemed to be in conformity with the safety objectives referred to in regulation 5 and established in Schedule I after the expiry or deactivation of the internal market emergency mode.

(4) When the TRD considers that a standard or common specification referred to in sub-regulation (1) does not entirely satisfy the safety objectives referred to in sub-regulation (3) and specified in Schedule I, it shall inform the Commission by submitting a detailed explanation thereof.