Manufacturers' Responsibilities under GAR Module C2

What are the responsibilities of Module C2 certificate based on gas appliances Regulation?

What are the responsibilities of Module C2 certificate based on gas appliances Regulation?

One of the products that increase our comfort in our daily life is gas appliances. We encounter many places in our house, from the oven to the cooking equipment in industrial enterprises. As a result of our lives being in this way, the safety of gas appliances is also important. In this article, we will handle the responsibilities of manufacturers in the C2 module certification, made according to the 2016/426/AB gas appliances Regulation to ensure that gas appliances are delivered securely.

First of all, let's look at the manufacturer description of the 2016/426/AB Gas Lapelling Devices Regulation. Manufacturer;

  • Manufacture a device or a hardware
  • It has a designed or manufactured device or hardware, or marketing or hardware under its own name or trademark
  • Using the device in line with its own purposes

Any real or legal person. It is a person or company manufacturer with a trade name or brand on short. The product is manufactured for itself and used as a manufacturer.

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The gas collar produced by the producer must have the certification that indicates that the device is safe before the market supply or use. For this purpose, module C2 certification is often used.

Module C2 in the regulation is defined as type eligibility and randomly controlled product controls depending on internal production control. As said here, the certification is based on making internal controls for the manufacturer’s product and controlling the product of the randomly notified body.

Module C2 document is not used alone. The conformity of the design stage of the product should be provided and documented the EU Type Inspection (Module B).

The responsibilities of the manufacturer within the scope of Module C2 document are:

  • It takes all necessary measures to ensure the compliance of the type and regulation requirements specified in the EU type inspection certificate of the produced device or equipment.
  • In order to verify the quality of the internal controls of the device or hardware, it is applied to a notified body that will choose before the launch.
  • Each device or hardware that meets the requirements is CE mark and the identification number of the notified body.
  • Each device or hardware model prepares a written EU declaration of conformity and stores them for 10 years after marketing the product. A copy of EU declaration of conformity is prepared to be given to the relevant authorities when requested. 
  • A copy of EU declaration of conformity is added to the party or shipment when it is appropriate to the product or.

We serve as a notified body for documenting the safety of the products, fulfilling the responsibility of our manufacturers for Turkey and EU markets. Our notified body ID number is 2459.

You can contact us for more information, Module B and Module C2 certification.

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