Certification and conformity assessment of certain types of products are often inadequate for the equipment of special importance, which may not work correctly determine the health and lives of road vehicle users. These products are covered by the directives of the "old approach", which is often called sectoral directives. These products include: electrical equipment and vehicle electronics, information systems and data transfer systems. For this group of devices should be increased requirements for electromagnetic compatibility and stability of their technical parameters during the operation. This procedure is called a procedure approval process.
Approval system common to all EU countries based on a network of national bodies whose task is to supervise the proper functioning of the system for specific product groups inside the country. Approval of vehicle electronics and electrical engineering in Poland is the Ministry of Infrastructure.
The tasks of approval include issuance, extension and revocation of approval, in cooperation with authorized research laboratories and the supervision of commercial traffic in the area of certification.
In sensitive areas, Member States shall adopt provisions in their legislation governing the rules of approval and approval requirements for the possession of the individual products. The necessity of approval of vehicles and their parts in Poland, the Act specifies the Road Traffic Law, Article. 68, para. One reads: "The manufacturer or importer of new motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, streetcar or a trailer and items of equipment or parts is required to obtain for each new type of vehicle, the subject of their equipment and the certificate of approval issued by the minister responsible for transport" .
The manufacturer or importer of a new vehicle subject to type approval shall apply to the right of approval of the device for the institution of the application for approval, giving at the same test results confirming compliance of the product of all regulatory requirements.
Such tests may be done only in specially authorized (notified) research laboratory, which have an appropriate technical and human resources (for example, such a laboratory must Car Electrotechnics Laboratory Kielce University of Technology).
It is entirely irrelevant whether the approval is issued based on the European Commission's sectoral directives or regulations of the European Economic Commission of the United Nations. There is also no matter which Member State the approval was granted, or which of the authorized laboratories made the studies. Effective multilateral international recognition of the principle.
Production of traded goods should be clearly marked with approval number. Failure to comply with this requirement or the marketing of unapproved products implies a prohibition on the sale.
Some articles of particular interest are tested for compliance with selected EU Directives or UNECE Regulations. For example, car alarms systems are being tested for compliance with UN ECE Regulation No 97 Fri: "Uniform provisions concerning the approval of alarm systems (VAS) of vehicles and vehicles with regard to their alarm systems (AS)". Other products which malfunction can interfere with other devices, are subject to mandatory testing for compliance with UN ECE Regulation No. 10 or Directive 2004/104 EC.
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