Part 5 - Documentation of Approval
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Part 5 - Documentation of Approval

Parent topic: Annex

5.1 Certificate of Type Approval for pollution prevention equipment

  5.1.1 Satisfactory compliance with all the test requirements enumerated in parts 1 and 2 of this annex should be shown in the Certificate of Type Approval issued by the Administration in the format specified in paragraph 5.1.2 below. An Administration may issue a Certificate of Type Approval based on separate testing or on testing already carried out under supervision by another Administration.

  5.1.2 A Certificate of Type Approval should be in the format shown in appendix 1 or 2 to this annex. The Certificate should identify the type and model of the pollution prevention equipment to which it applies and identify equipment assembly drawings, duly dated. Each drawing should bear the model specification numbers or equivalent identification details. The Certificate should include the full performance test protocol on which it is based. If a Certificate of Type Approval is issued by an Administration based on a Certificate previously issued by another Administration, the Certificate should identify the Administration which conducted the tests on the pollution prevention equipment and a copy of the original test results should be attached to it.

5.2 Format of environmental test protocol

  5.2.1 Satisfactory compliance with the environmental tests laid down in these Guidelines and Specifications, where applicable, should be shown on the environmental test protocol issued by the testing laboratory. The protocol should include at least the following details.

  • .1 identification of the equipment by type and drawing number, duly dated; and

  • .2 a statement of the tests conducted on the equipment, including the results thereof.

  5.2.2 The environmental test protocol should be endorsed by either the Administration or a competent authority of the manufacturer's home country to confirm that the laboratory is approved to conduct such tests. The protocol should also be signed and dated by the person in charge of the laboratory.

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