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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, 2.12.2015  
COM(2015) 615 final  
ANNEX 2  
  
ANNEX  
to the  
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council  
on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the 
Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services  
{SWD(2015) 264 final}  
{SWD(2015) 265 final}  
{SWD(2015) 266 final}    
EN 2   EN ANNEX  
to the  
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council  
on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the 
Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services  
ANNEX II  
CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE – PRODUCTS  
Internal production control  
1. Internal production control is the conformity assessment procedure whereby the 
manufacturer fulfils the obligations laid down in points 2, 3 and 4, and ensures and 
declares on his sole responsibility that the products or services concerned satisfy the 
appropriate r equirements of this Directive.  
2. Technical documentation  
The manufacturer shall establish the technical documentation. The documentation shall 
make it possible to assess the conformity of the product to the relevant accessibility 
requirements referred to in Article 3 and, in case manufacturer used the exception 
provided for in Article 12, to demonstrate that relevant accessibility requirements would 
impose a fundamental alteration or a disproportionate burden. The technical 
documentation shall specify only th e applicable requirements and cover, as far as 
relevant for the assessment, the design, manufacture and operation of the product.  
The technical documentation shall, wherever applicable, contain at least the following 
elements:  
(a) a general description of the  product.  
(b) a list of the harmonised standards and/or other relevant technical specifications 
the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the 
European Union , applied in full or in part, and descriptions of the solutions 
adopted to meet the relevant accessibility requirements referred to in Article 3 
where those harmonised standards have not been applied; in the event of partly 
applied harmonised standards, the technical documentation shall specify the 
parts which have been applied.  
3. Manufacturing  
The manufacturer shall take all measures necessary so that the manufacturing process 
and its monitoring ensure compliance of the products with the technical documentation 
referred to in point 2 and with the accessibility requirements of this Directive.  
4. Conformity marking and declaration of conformity  
4.1. The manufacturer shall affix the CE marking referred to in this Directive to each 
individual product that satisfies the applicable requirements of this Directive.  
4.2. The manufacturer shall draw up a written declaration of conformity for a product 
model. The declaration of conformity shall identify the product for which it has been 
drawn up.   
EN 3   EN A copy of the declaration of conformity shall be made available to the relevant authorities 
upon request.  
5. Author ised representative  
The manufacturer’s obligations set out in point 4 may be fulfilled by his authorised 
representative, on his behalf and under his responsibility, provided that they are specified in 
the mandate.