Dangerous Goods by Road
The competent authority shall ensure the monitoring of the inspection bodies and shall revoke or
restrict the approval given, if it notes that an approved body is no longer in compliance with the
approval and the requirements of 1.8.6.8 or does not follow the procedures specified in the provisions
of ADR.
If the approval of the inspection body is revoked or restricted or if the inspection body ceased activity,
the competent authority shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that the files are either processed by
another inspection body or kept available.
The inspection body shall:
(a) Have a staff with an organizational structure, capable, trained, competent and skilled, to
satisfactorily perform its technical functions;
(b) Have access to suitable and adequate facilities and equipment;
(c) Operate in an impartial manner and be free from any influence which could prevent it from
doing so;
(d) Ensure commercial confidentiality of the commercial and proprietary activities of the
manufacturer and other bodies;
(e) Maintain clear demarcation between actual inspection body functions and unrelated functions;
(f) Have a documented quality system;
(g) Ensure that the tests and inspections specified in the relevant standard and in ADR are
performed; and
(h) Maintain an effective and appropriate report and record system in accordance with 1.8.7
and 1.8.8.
The inspection body shall additionally be accredited according to the standard EN ISO/IEC
17020:2012 (except clause 8.1.3), as specified in 6.2.2.11, 6.2.3.6 and TA4 and TT9 of 6.8.4.
An inspection body starting a new activity may be approved temporarily. Before temporary
designation, the competent authority shall ensure that the inspection body meets the requirements of
the standard EN ISO/IEC 17020:2012 (except clause 8.1.3). The inspection body shall be accredited
in its first year of activity to be able to continue this new activity.
Procedures for conformity assessment and periodic inspection
NOTE: In this section, "relevant body" means a body assigned in 6.2.2.11 when certifying UN
pressure receptacles, in 6.2.3.6 when approving non-UN pressure receptacles and in special
provisions TA4 and TT9 of 6.8.4.
General provisions
The procedures in section 1.8.7 shall be applied according to 6.2.3.6 when approving non-UN
pressure receptacles and according to TA4 and TT9 of 6.8.4 when approving tanks, battery-vehicles
and MEGCs.
The procedures in section 1.8.7 may be applied according to the table in 6.2.2.11 when certifying UN
pressure receptacles.
Each application for
(a) The type approval in accordance with 1.8.7.2 or;
(b) The supervision of manufacture in accordance with 1.8.7.3 and the initial inspection and test in
accordance with 1.8.7.4; or
(c) The periodic inspection, intermediate inspection and exceptional checks in accordance with
1.8.7.5
shall be lodged by the applicant with a single competent authority, its delegate or an approved
inspection body of his choice.
The application shall include:
(a) The name and address of the applicant;
(b) For conformity assessment where the applicant is not the manufacturer, the name and address
of the manufacturer;
(c) A written declaration that the same application has not been lodged with any other competent
authority, its delegate or inspection body;
(d) The relevant technical documentation specified in 1.8.7.7;
(e) A statement allowing the competent authority, its delegate or inspection body access for
inspection purposes to the locations of manufacture, inspection, testing and storage and
providing it with all necessary information.
Where the applicant can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the competent authority or its delegated
inspection body conformity with 1.8.7.6 the applicant may establish an in-house inspection service
which may perform part or all of the inspections and tests when specified in 6.2.2.11 or 6.2.3.6.
Design type approval certificates and certificates of conformity - including the technical
documentation - shall be retained by the manufacturer or by the applicant for the type approval, if he
is not the manufacturer, and by the inspection body, who issued the certificate, for a period of at least
20 years starting from the last date of production of products of the same type.
When a manufacturer or owner intends to cease operation, he shall send the documentation to the
competent authority. The competent authority shall then retain the documentation for the rest of the
period specified in 1.8.7.1.5.
Type approval
Type approvals authorise the manufacture of pressure receptacles, tanks, battery-vehicles or MEGCs
within the period of validity of that approval.
The applicant shall:
(a) In the case of pressure receptacles, place at the disposal of the relevant body representative
samples of the production envisaged. The relevant body may request further samples if
required by the test programme;
(b) In the case of tanks, battery-vehicles or MEGCs, give access to the prototype for type testing.
The relevant body shall:
(a) Examine the technical documentation specified in 1.8.7.7.1 to verify that the design is in
accordance with the relevant provisions of ADR, and the prototype or the prototype lot has
been manufactured in conformity with the technical documentation and is representative of the
design;
(b) Perform the examinations and witness the tests specified in ADR, to determine that the
provisions have been applied and fulfilled, and the procedures adopted by the manufacturer
meet the requirements;
(c) Check the certificate(s) issued by the materials manufacturer(s) against the relevant provisions
of ADR;
(d) As applicable, approve the procedures for the permanent joining of parts or check that they
have been previously approved, and verify that the staff undertaking the permanent joining of
parts and the non-destructive tests are qualified or approved;
(e) Agree with the applicant the location and testing facilities where the examinations and
necessary tests are to be carried out.
The relevant body shall issue a type-examination report to the applicant.
Where the type satisfies all applicable provisions, the competent authority, its delegate or the
inspection body, shall issue a type approval certificate to the applicant.
This certificate shall contain:
(a) The name and address of the issuer;
(b) The name and address of the manufacturer and of the applicant when the applicant is not the
manufacturer;
(c) A reference to the version of ADR and standards used for the type examination;
(d) Any requirements resulting from the examination;
(e) The necessary data for identification of the type and variation, as defined by the relevant
standard;
(f) The reference to the type examination report(s); and
(g) The maximum period of validity of the type approval.
A list of the relevant parts of the technical documentation shall be annexed to the certificate (see
1.8.7.7.1).