{ "$schema": "https://www.conphora.com/schemas/regulation-page.json", "code": "GAR", "locale": "en", "url": "https://www.conphora.com/regulations/gar/", "json": "https://www.conphora.com/regulations/gar.json", "summaryPdf": "https://www.conphora.com/regulations/gar/summary.pdf", "dateModified": "2026-09-12", "regulation": { "code": "GAR", "name": "Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC", "shortName": "Gas Appliances Regulation", "reference": "Regulation (EU) 2016/426", "celex": "32016R0426", "eurlex": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426", "actType": "Regulation", "category": "CE / Product Safety", "inForce": "2016-04-20", "appliesFrom": "2018-04-21", "changing": false, "video": "regulation-gar" }, "answer": "The Gas Appliances Regulation requires appliances burning gaseous fuels, and their fittings, to meet its essential requirements and operate safely, with duties for manufacturers, authorised representatives, importers and distributors. It has applied since 21 April 2018, replacing Directive 2009/142/EC; the emergency procedures added by Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 apply from 29 May 2026.", "description": "GAR guide: the Gas Appliances Regulation, which appliances burning gaseous fuels and which fittings it covers, the Annex I essential requirements, the notified-body conformity route to CE marking, key dates and how to comply.", "enforcedBy": "National market surveillance authorities enforce the regulation directly with the powers of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which lists it in Annex I. In Denmark, the market surveillance of gas appliances runs under the product act (consolidated act nr. 22 of 8 January 2026), which lists the regulation in section 2(1), point 41, and makes Erhvervsstyrelsen (the Danish Business Authority, whose Markedsovervågning department is the former Sikkerhedsstyrelsen since 1 January 2026) the control authority, while the national rules themselves — executive order nr. 239 of 23 March 2018 on the safety of gas equipment, which adds the Danish language requirements — were re-based on the gas safety act (gassikkerhedsloven, consolidated act nr. 257 of 9 February 2026) by amending order nr. 485 of 28 May 2026. Since 30 May 2026 the order itself names Erhvervsstyrelsen, which under § 41 of the order relies on DANAK to issue the accreditation certificate and to assess and monitor the Danish notified bodies. The toolkit is corrective action within a period commensurate with the risk, prohibition or restriction of the making available, withdrawal or recall, orders to end formal non-compliance such as missing CE marking, notified-body number, inscriptions or declaration, and national penalties that must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and may include criminal penalties for serious infringements.", "keyDates": [ { "date": "2016-03-09", "label": "Regulation (EU) 2016/426 adopted by the European Parliament and the Council, replacing Directive 2009/142/EC with a directly applicable regulation aligned with the New Legislative Framework", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · title and signature block after Art. 46" }, { "date": "2016-04-20", "label": "Entry into force, the twentieth day after publication in OJ L 81 of 31 March 2016", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 46(1)" }, { "date": "2016-10-21", "label": "Article 4 on gas supply conditions, Articles 19 to 35 on notified bodies, Article 42 on the committee and Annex II apply", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 46(2)(a)" }, { "date": "2017-10-21", "label": "Deadline for Member States to communicate to the Commission and the other Member States the types of gas and corresponding supply pressures used on their territory, per Annex II", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 4(1) and Annex II" }, { "date": "2018-03-21", "label": "Article 43(1) applies: Member States lay down their penalty rules and notify them to the Commission", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 43(1) and Art. 46(2)(b)" }, { "date": "2018-04-21", "label": "The regulation applies in full and Directive 2009/142/EC is repealed; appliances and fittings conforming to the directive and placed on the market before this date may still be made available and, for appliances, put into service", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 44, Art. 45 and Art. 46(2)" }, { "date": "2019-03-15", "label": "Executive order nr. 236 of 13 March 2019 in force: the penalty provision of executive order nr. 239/2018 is recast as § 47(1), which fines breaches of §§ 7 to 17, §§ 19 to 32 or § 38 of the order and breaches of Articles 3(1) and (2), 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14(1), 15, 17(1) to (3), 18, 23(2) to (11), 25, 31 to 33, 37(1) and (3) and 39(2) of the regulation", "source": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2019/236 · § 1, nr. 5" }, { "date": "2024-11-28", "label": "Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 in force: internal market emergency procedures inserted as Chapter Va (Articles 40a to 40e) and two definitions added to Article 2", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2748 · Art. 4 and Art. 7" }, { "date": "2026-05-29", "label": "The emergency procedures of Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 apply", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2748 · Art. 7" }, { "date": "2026-05-30", "label": "Executive order nr. 485 of 28 May 2026 in force: executive order nr. 239/2018 is re-based on the gas safety act (consolidated act nr. 257 of 9 February 2026), Erhvervsstyrelsen replaces Sikkerhedsstyrelsen throughout, a new § 45(2) requires the crisis-relevant-good information and labelling in Danish or English, and the fine provision is extended to that duty and to Article 40c(5) and (7)", "source": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/485 · § 1, nr. 1 to 6, and § 2" } ], "amendedBy": [ { "reference": "Regulation (EU) 2024/2748", "celex": "32024R2748", "date": "2024-11-28", "summary": "The internal market emergency regulation of 9 October 2024, published on 8 November 2024, added the definitions of crisis-relevant goods and internal market emergency mode as points (32) and (33) of Article 2 and inserted Chapter Va (Articles 40a to 40e) on prioritised conformity assessment by notified bodies, national authorisations to place appliances or fittings on the market without the notified-body procedures, presumption of conformity based on listed standards or common specifications, and prioritised market surveillance for appliances and fittings designated as crisis-relevant goods while an emergency mode under Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 is active; it entered into force on 28 November 2024 and applies from 29 May 2026.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2748 · Art. 4 and Art. 7; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016R0426-20260529 · Art. 2, points (32) and (33), and Art. 40a to Art. 40e" } ], "scope": { "appliesTo": [ "Appliances burning gaseous fuels used for cooking, refrigeration, air-conditioning, space heating, hot water production, lighting or washing, and forced draught burners and heating bodies to be equipped with such burners", "Fittings: safety devices, controlling devices or regulating devices and sub-assemblies thereof, designed to be incorporated into an appliance or to be assembled to constitute an appliance", "Any fuel in a gaseous state at 15 °C under an absolute pressure of 1 bar, so natural gas, LPG and town gas appliances alike, in the gas families and groups identified by the appliance category marking", "Appliances made available on the market or put into service, and fittings made available on the market, in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge", "The economic operators in the chain: manufacturers (including those using the appliance for their own purposes), authorised representatives, importers and distributors" ], "derived": [ "An appliance is 'normally used' when it is correctly installed and regularly serviced per the manufacturer's instructions, used with the normal variation in gas quality and supply pressure communicated by the Member State, and used for its intended purpose or in a reasonably foreseeable way; compliance is judged in normal use (Art. 1(2) and Art. 3(1))", "Where an aspect of an appliance or fitting is covered more specifically by other Union harmonisation legislation, the regulation does not apply to that aspect, and the rational-use-of-energy requirement in Annex I, point 3.5, does not apply to appliances covered by an ecodesign measure under Directive 2009/125/EC (Art. 1(4) and Art. 1(5))", "Appliances and fittings conforming to harmonised standards whose references are published in the Official Journal are presumed to meet the essential requirements those standards cover (Art. 13)", "An importer or distributor that sells under its own name or trade mark, or modifies an appliance or fitting in a way that may affect compliance, is treated as the manufacturer (Art. 11)", "Fittings are CE-marked and travel with a copy of the EU declaration of conformity that states their characteristics and contains instructions for incorporation or assembly, adjustment, operation and maintenance (Art. 7(7), Art. 15(3) and Art. 15(6))", "Member States may keep national requirements protecting persons, domestic animals and property during normal use, provided they do not require modifications to the appliance; in Denmark, executive order nr. 239 of 23 March 2018 requires Danish instructions and safety information and a Danish or English EU declaration of conformity (Art. 3(3))" ], "categories": [ { "id": "domestic-gas-appliances", "label": "Domestic gas appliances for cooking, space heating, hot water, refrigeration, air-conditioning, lighting or washing (hobs, cookers, boilers, water heaters, patio heaters, barbecues)" }, { "id": "commercial-catering-appliances", "label": "Commercial catering and other professional appliances burning gaseous fuel (restaurant ranges, fryers, ovens, laundry equipment)" }, { "id": "forced-draught-burners", "label": "Forced draught burners and heating bodies to be equipped with such burners" }, { "id": "gas-fittings", "label": "Gas fittings: safety, controlling or regulating devices and sub-assemblies (valves, thermostats, regulators, ignition and flame-supervision controls)" }, { "id": "gas-family-specific-appliances", "label": "Appliances designed for a particular gas family, gas group or supply pressure (natural gas, LPG, town gas, gases with a hydrogen content)" }, { "id": "industrial-process-appliances", "label": "Appliances specifically designed for use in industrial processes carried out on industrial premises" }, { "id": "aircraft-railway-appliances", "label": "Appliances specifically designed for use on aircraft and railways" }, { "id": "laboratory-research-appliances", "label": "Appliances specifically designed for research purposes for temporary use in laboratories" }, { "id": "non-gaseous-fuel-appliances", "label": "Appliances burning liquid or solid fuel, or electric appliances, that do not burn a gaseous fuel" }, { "id": "pre-2018-directive-appliances", "label": "Appliances or fittings conforming to Directive 2009/142/EC and placed on the market before 21 April 2018" } ], "roles": [ { "id": "manufacturer", "label": "Manufacturer (including brand owners and own-use manufacturers)", "definition": "Any natural or legal person who manufactures an appliance or a fitting or who has an appliance or a fitting designed or manufactured, and markets that appliance or fitting under his name or trademark or uses the appliance for his own purposes; an importer or distributor that sells under its own name or trade mark or modifies an appliance or fitting in a way that may affect compliance is treated as the manufacturer.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 2, point (17), and Art. 11" }, { "id": "other", "label": "Authorised representative", "definition": "Any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks; the mandate cannot cover the duty to design and manufacture to the essential requirements or to draw up the technical documentation.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 2, point (18), and Art. 8(1)" }, { "id": "importer", "label": "Importer", "definition": "Any natural or legal person established within the Union who places an appliance or a fitting from a third country on the Union market.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 2, point (19)" }, { "id": "distributor", "label": "Distributor (wholesaler or retailer)", "definition": "Any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes an appliance or a fitting available on the market.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 2, point (20)" } ], "rules": [ { "categories": [ "industrial-process-appliances", "aircraft-railway-appliances", "laboratory-research-appliances" ], "roles": [ "*" ], "size": "any", "result": "out-of-scope", "note": "The regulation does not apply to appliances specifically designed for use in industrial processes carried out on industrial premises, for use on aircrafts and railways, or for research purposes for temporary use in laboratories; an appliance is 'specifically designed' only when its design is intended solely to address a specific need for a specific process or use, so a standard appliance sold into industry stays in scope.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 1(3) and Art. 2, points (7) and (8)" }, { "categories": [ "non-gaseous-fuel-appliances" ], "roles": [ "*" ], "size": "any", "result": "out-of-scope", "note": "The regulation covers appliances burning gaseous fuels, a fuel in a gaseous state at 15 °C under an absolute pressure of 1 bar; oil, pellet, wood and electric appliances fall under other legislation such as the Ecodesign, Low Voltage or Construction Products rules.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 1(1) and Art. 2, points (1), (3) and (6)" }, { "categories": [ "pre-2018-directive-appliances" ], "roles": [ "*" ], "size": "any", "result": "depends", "note": "Appliances and fittings in conformity with Directive 2009/142/EC and placed on the market before 21 April 2018 may still be made available and, for appliances, put into service; any unit first placed on the market from that date must comply with the regulation.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 44, Art. 45 and Art. 46(2)" }, { "categories": [ "domestic-gas-appliances", "commercial-catering-appliances", "forced-draught-burners", "gas-family-specific-appliances" ], "roles": [ "manufacturer", "importer", "distributor", "other" ], "size": "any", "result": "in-scope", "note": "Appliances burning gaseous fuels for cooking, refrigeration, air-conditioning, space heating, hot water production, lighting or washing, and forced draught burners and heating bodies for such burners, may be made available and put into service only if they comply with the regulation when normally used; the appliance must be designed for the gas types and supply pressures the Member State has communicated and carry its appliance category and nominal supply pressure, and the obligations fall on the manufacturer, authorised representative, importer and distributor with no company-size threshold.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 1(2), Art. 2, points (1), (12) and (21), Art. 3(1), Art. 4 and Annex IV, point 1(d) and (e)" }, { "categories": [ "gas-fittings" ], "roles": [ "manufacturer", "importer", "distributor", "other" ], "size": "any", "result": "in-scope", "note": "Safety, controlling or regulating devices and their sub-assemblies designed to be incorporated into an appliance or assembled to constitute one may be made available only if they comply with the regulation; they go through the same conformity assessment, bear the CE marking and are accompanied by a copy of the EU declaration of conformity with incorporation instructions.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 2, point (2), Art. 3(2), Art. 7(7), Art. 14(1) and Art. 15(3)" }, { "categories": [ "*" ], "roles": [ "*" ], "size": "any", "result": "depends", "note": "Whether the regulation applies turns on whether the product burns a gaseous fuel for one of the listed uses or is a fitting for such an appliance, whether it is specifically designed for an excluded industrial, aircraft, railway or laboratory use, when it was first placed on the market, and which role the operator holds.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 1, Art. 2, Art. 3 and Art. 44" } ] }, "obligations": { "manufacturer": [ { "text": "Design and manufacture appliances so that they operate safely and present no danger to persons, domestic animals or property when normally used, and fittings so that they fulfil their purpose when incorporated, meeting the Annex I essential requirements on risk analysis, materials, design and construction, unburned gas release, ignition, combustion and carbon monoxide, rational use of energy, temperature and contact with food and drinking water.", "id": "gar-mfr-design-manufacture-appliances", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 5, Art. 7(1) and Annex I" }, { "text": "Draw up the Annex III technical documentation with a risk analysis, drawings, the harmonised standards applied or the solutions adopted, calculations, test reports, installation and use instructions and, for a fitting, its EU declaration of conformity, and submit the appliance or fitting to EU type-examination (Module B) by a single notified body of your choice combined with Module C2, D, E or F, or for single units or small quantities Module G.", "id": "gar-mfr-draw-annex-iii", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "technical-documentation", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(2), Art. 14 and Annex III, point 1.3" }, { "text": "Carry out a risk analysis of the appliance or fitting to identify the risks it presents and the Annex I essential requirements that apply, and record it in the technical documentation.", "id": "gar-mfr-carry-out-risk-analysis", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "risk-analysis", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(2) and Annex III, point 1.3" }, { "text": "Draw up the Annex III technical documentation: drawings, the harmonised standards applied or the solutions adopted, calculations, test reports, installation and use instructions and, for a fitting, its EU declaration of conformity.", "id": "gar-mfr-draw-technical-documentation", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "technical-documentation", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(2) and Annex III, point 1.3" }, { "text": "Submit the appliance or fitting to EU type-examination (Module B) by a single notified body of your choice, combined with Module C2, D, E or F, or use Module G for single units or small quantities.", "id": "gar-mfr-submit-type-examination", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 14 and Annex III" }, { "text": "Draw up the EU declaration of conformity per Annex V, translated into the languages the Member State requires, as a single declaration where other Union acts also apply, and affix the CE marking followed by the identification number of the notified body involved in the production control phase and the last two digits of the year of affixing.", "id": "gar-mfr-draw-declaration-conformity", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "declaration-of-conformity", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(2), Art. 15, Art. 17(3) and Annex V" }, { "text": "Draw up the EU declaration of conformity per Annex V, translated into the languages the Member State requires, as a single declaration where other Union acts also apply.", "id": "gar-mfr-draw-eu-declaration", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "declaration-of-conformity", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(2), Art. 15 and Annex V" }, { "text": "Affix the CE marking, followed by the identification number of the notified body involved in the production control phase and the last two digits of the year of affixing.", "id": "gar-mfr-affix-ce-marking", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "ce-marking", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(2), Art. 16 and Art. 17(3)" }, { "text": "Keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity, together with the EU type-examination certificate and its annexes, at the disposal of the national authorities for 10 years after the appliance or fitting was placed on the market; the certificate itself is valid for at most 10 years.", "id": "gar-mfr-keep-technical-documentation", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(3) and Annex III, points 1.6 and 1.9" }, { "text": "Keep series production in conformity, taking account of design changes and changes in the harmonised standards or other technical specifications relied on, inform the notified body of modifications to the approved type, and where the risks warrant it sample-test marketed appliances, investigate complaints and keep a register of complaints, non-conforming products and recalls, informing distributors.", "id": "gar-mfr-keep-series-production", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(4) and Annex III, point 1.7" }, { "text": "Keep series production in conformity, taking account of design changes and changes in the harmonised standards or other specifications relied on, and inform the notified body of modifications to the approved type.", "id": "gar-mfr-maintain-series-conformity", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(4) and Annex III, point 1.7" }, { "text": "Where the risks warrant it, sample-test marketed appliances and fittings, investigate complaints, keep a register of complaints, non-conforming products and recalls, and keep distributors informed of that monitoring.", "id": "gar-mfr-sample-test-register", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(4)" }, { "text": "Mark the appliance or fitting with a type, batch or serial number and the Annex IV inscriptions: your name, registered trade name or trade mark and a single postal contact address, the type of electrical supply where applicable, the appliance category marking, the nominal supply pressure and the information needed for correct and safe installation, affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly before placing on the market.", "id": "gar-mfr-mark-appliance-fitting", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "identification-and-address", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(5), Art. 7(6), Art. 18 and Annex IV" }, { "text": "Supply each appliance with installation instructions for the installer, use and servicing instructions for the user and warning notices on the appliance and its packaging stating the gas type, supply pressure, appliance category and restrictions on use, in a language the Member State determines; supply each fitting, or each batch delivered to a single user, with a copy of the EU declaration of conformity containing incorporation, adjustment, operation and maintenance instructions.", "id": "gar-mfr-supply-appliance-installation", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "instructions-and-safety-information", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(7) and Annex I, points 1.5 to 1.7" }, { "text": "If you consider or have reason to believe that an appliance or fitting you placed on the market does not conform, immediately bring it into conformity, withdraw or recall it, and where it presents a risk inform the competent authorities of the Member States where you made it available with details of the non-compliance and the corrective measures.", "id": "gar-mfr-immediately-bring-conformity", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(8)" }, { "text": "On a reasoned request, provide all information and documentation demonstrating conformity in paper or electronic form in a language the authority understands, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and be able to identify your suppliers and customers for 10 years after each supply.", "id": "gar-mfr-provide-information-documentation", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(9) and Art. 12" }, { "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with all information and documentation demonstrating conformity, in paper or electronic form and a language it understands, and cooperate on measures to eliminate the risks.", "id": "gar-mfr-provide-information-request", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(9)" }, { "text": "Be able to identify, for 10 years after each supply, the economic operators that supplied you and the economic operators you supplied.", "id": "gar-mfr-identify-suppliers-customers", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 12" } ], "other": [ { "text": "Act under a written mandate that at least lets you keep the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation at the disposal of the national market surveillance authorities for 10 years after placing on the market, provide conformity information and documentation on reasoned request, and cooperate with the authorities on risk-elimination measures.", "id": "gar-oth-act-written-mandate", "kind": "evidence", "level": "company", "timing": "before-market", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 8(2)" }, { "text": "Act only under a written mandate from the manufacturer that sets out the tasks you perform on its behalf.", "id": "gar-oth-hold-written-mandate", "kind": "evidence", "level": "company", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 8(1) and Art. 8(2)" }, { "text": "Keep the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation at the disposal of the national market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the appliance or fitting was placed on the market.", "id": "gar-oth-keep-documentation-years", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 8(2)(a)" }, { "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with the information and documentation demonstrating conformity, and cooperate with it on measures to eliminate the risks of the products covered by your mandate.", "id": "gar-oth-provide-information-request", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 8(2)(b) and Art. 8(2)(c)" }, { "text": "Do not take over the manufacturer's duty to design and manufacture to the essential requirements or to draw up the technical documentation; those cannot form part of the mandate, although the mandate may cover lodging the EU type-examination application and the CE marking and declaration duties of the production modules.", "id": "gar-oth-take-manufacturers-duty", "kind": "status", "level": "company", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 8(1) and Annex III, points 1.10 and 2.5" }, { "text": "Where the notified body instructs it, affix the notified body's identification number after the CE marking on the manufacturer's behalf.", "id": "gar-oth-affix-notified-bodys", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 17(3)" }, { "text": "Be able to identify the economic operators that supplied you and that you supplied for 10 years.", "id": "gar-oth-able-identify-economic", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 12" } ], "importer": [ { "text": "Place only compliant appliances and fittings on the market, and before doing so check that the manufacturer carried out the Article 14 conformity assessment, drew up the technical documentation, affixed the CE marking, supplied the instructions and safety information or, for a fitting, the copy of the EU declaration of conformity, and applied the identification, inscription and address requirements; hold non-conforming products back and inform the manufacturer and the authorities where they present a risk.", "id": "gar-imp-place-compliant-appliances", "kind": "verification", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 9(1) and Art. 9(2)" }, { "text": "Indicate your name, registered trade name or trade mark and a postal contact address on the appliance or fitting or, where not possible, on its packaging or in an accompanying document, in a language end users or appliance manufacturers and the authorities understand.", "id": "gar-imp-indicate-name-registered", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "identification-and-address", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 9(3)" }, { "text": "Ensure the appliance is accompanied by instructions and safety information in the language the Member State determines, and the fitting by a copy of the EU declaration of conformity with incorporation, adjustment, operation and maintenance instructions in a language appliance manufacturers understand.", "id": "gar-imp-ensure-appliance-accompanied", "kind": "verification", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "instructions-and-safety-information", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 9(4)" }, { "text": "Keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising compliance with the essential requirements, and where the risks warrant it sample-test marketed appliances, investigate complaints and keep a register of complaints, non-conforming products and recalls, informing distributors.", "id": "gar-imp-keep-storage-transport", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 9(5) and Art. 9(6)" }, { "text": "While an appliance or fitting is under your responsibility, keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising its compliance with the essential requirements.", "id": "gar-imp-ensure-storage-transport", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 9(5)" }, { "text": "Where the risks warrant it, sample-test marketed appliances and fittings, investigate complaints, keep a register of complaints, non-conforming products and recalls, and keep distributors informed of that monitoring.", "id": "gar-imp-sample-test-register", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 9(6)" }, { "text": "If an appliance or fitting you placed on the market does not conform, immediately take corrective measures, withdraw or recall it, and where it presents a risk inform the competent authorities of the Member States concerned.", "id": "gar-imp-immediately-take-corrective", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 9(7)" }, { "text": "Keep a copy of the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years and ensure the technical documentation can be made available on request; provide conformity information on reasoned request in a language the authority understands, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and identify suppliers and customers for 10 years.", "id": "gar-imp-keep-copy-declaration", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 9(8), Art. 9(9) and Art. 12" }, { "text": "Keep a copy of the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after placing on the market, and ensure the technical documentation can be made available on request.", "id": "gar-imp-keep-declaration-copy", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 9(8)" }, { "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with the information and documentation demonstrating conformity in a language it understands, and cooperate on measures to eliminate the risks.", "id": "gar-imp-provide-information-request", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 9(9)" }, { "text": "Be able to identify, for 10 years after each supply, the economic operators that supplied you and the economic operators you supplied.", "id": "gar-imp-identify-suppliers-customers", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 12" }, { "text": "If you place an appliance or fitting on the market under your own name or trade mark, or modify one in a way that may affect compliance, you carry the manufacturer's obligations under Article 7.", "id": "gar-imp-modify-way-affect", "kind": "status", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 11" } ], "distributor": [ { "text": "Act with due care and, before making an appliance available, verify that it bears the CE marking and is accompanied by instructions and safety information in the language of the Member State where it is sold, and that the manufacturer and importer have applied their identification, inscription and address requirements; hold non-conforming products back and inform the manufacturer or importer and the authorities where they present a risk.", "id": "gar-dist-act-due-care", "kind": "verification", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 10(1) and Art. 10(2)" }, { "text": "Before making a fitting available, verify that it bears the CE marking and is accompanied by a copy of the EU declaration of conformity with incorporation, adjustment, operation and maintenance instructions in a language appliance manufacturers understand.", "id": "gar-dist-verify-bears-marking", "kind": "verification", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 10(2)" }, { "text": "Keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising compliance with the essential requirements.", "id": "gar-dist-keep-storage-transport", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 10(3)" }, { "text": "If an appliance or fitting you made available does not conform, make sure corrective measures are taken to bring it into conformity, withdraw or recall it, and where it presents a risk immediately inform the competent authorities of the Member States concerned.", "id": "gar-dist-make-sure-corrective", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 10(4)" }, { "text": "On reasoned request, provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and identify suppliers and customers for 10 years.", "id": "gar-dist-provide-information-documentation", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "retired": "2026-09-24", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 10(5) and Art. 12" }, { "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with the information and documentation demonstrating conformity, and cooperate on measures to eliminate the risks of appliances or fittings you made available.", "id": "gar-dist-provide-information-request", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 10(5)" }, { "text": "Be able to identify, for 10 years after each supply, the economic operators that supplied you and the economic operators you supplied.", "id": "gar-dist-identify-suppliers-customers", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 12" }, { "text": "If you sell under your own name or trade mark or modify an appliance or fitting in a way that may affect compliance, you take on the manufacturer's obligations.", "id": "gar-dist-take-manufacturers-obligations", "kind": "status", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 11" } ] }, "requirements": [ { "id": "gar-mfr-design-manufacture-appliances", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Design and manufacture appliances so that they operate safely and present no danger to persons, domestic animals or property when normally used, and fittings so that they fulfil their purpose when incorporated, meeting the Annex I essential requirements on risk analysis, materials, design and construction, unburned gas release, ignition, combustion and carbon monoxide, rational use of energy, temperature and contact with food and drinking water.", "article": "Art. 5, Art. 7(1) and Annex I", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-draw-annex-iii", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "technical-documentation", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Draw up the Annex III technical documentation with a risk analysis, drawings, the harmonised standards applied or the solutions adopted, calculations, test reports, installation and use instructions and, for a fitting, its EU declaration of conformity, and submit the appliance or fitting to EU type-examination (Module B) by a single notified body of your choice combined with Module C2, D, E or F, or for single units or small quantities Module G.", "article": "Art. 7(2), Art. 14 and Annex III, point 1.3", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-carry-out-risk-analysis", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "risk-analysis", "text": "Carry out a risk analysis of the appliance or fitting to identify the risks it presents and the Annex I essential requirements that apply, and record it in the technical documentation.", "article": "Art. 7(2) and Annex III, point 1.3", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-draw-technical-documentation", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "technical-documentation", "text": "Draw up the Annex III technical documentation: drawings, the harmonised standards applied or the solutions adopted, calculations, test reports, installation and use instructions and, for a fitting, its EU declaration of conformity.", "article": "Art. 7(2) and Annex III, point 1.3", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-submit-type-examination", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Submit the appliance or fitting to EU type-examination (Module B) by a single notified body of your choice, combined with Module C2, D, E or F, or use Module G for single units or small quantities.", "article": "Art. 14 and Annex III", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-draw-declaration-conformity", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "declaration-of-conformity", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Draw up the EU declaration of conformity per Annex V, translated into the languages the Member State requires, as a single declaration where other Union acts also apply, and affix the CE marking followed by the identification number of the notified body involved in the production control phase and the last two digits of the year of affixing.", "article": "Art. 7(2), Art. 15, Art. 17(3) and Annex V", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-draw-eu-declaration", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "declaration-of-conformity", "text": "Draw up the EU declaration of conformity per Annex V, translated into the languages the Member State requires, as a single declaration where other Union acts also apply.", "article": "Art. 7(2), Art. 15 and Annex V", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-affix-ce-marking", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "ce-marking", "text": "Affix the CE marking, followed by the identification number of the notified body involved in the production control phase and the last two digits of the year of affixing.", "article": "Art. 7(2), Art. 16 and Art. 17(3)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-keep-technical-documentation", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity, together with the EU type-examination certificate and its annexes, at the disposal of the national authorities for 10 years after the appliance or fitting was placed on the market; the certificate itself is valid for at most 10 years.", "article": "Art. 7(3) and Annex III, points 1.6 and 1.9", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-keep-series-production", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Keep series production in conformity, taking account of design changes and changes in the harmonised standards or other technical specifications relied on, inform the notified body of modifications to the approved type, and where the risks warrant it sample-test marketed appliances, investigate complaints and keep a register of complaints, non-conforming products and recalls, informing distributors.", "article": "Art. 7(4) and Annex III, point 1.7", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-maintain-series-conformity", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "text": "Keep series production in conformity, taking account of design changes and changes in the harmonised standards or other specifications relied on, and inform the notified body of modifications to the approved type.", "article": "Art. 7(4) and Annex III, point 1.7", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-sample-test-register", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "text": "Where the risks warrant it, sample-test marketed appliances and fittings, investigate complaints, keep a register of complaints, non-conforming products and recalls, and keep distributors informed of that monitoring.", "article": "Art. 7(4)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-mark-appliance-fitting", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "identification-and-address", "text": "Mark the appliance or fitting with a type, batch or serial number and the Annex IV inscriptions: your name, registered trade name or trade mark and a single postal contact address, the type of electrical supply where applicable, the appliance category marking, the nominal supply pressure and the information needed for correct and safe installation, affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly before placing on the market.", "article": "Art. 7(5), Art. 7(6), Art. 18 and Annex IV", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-supply-appliance-installation", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "evidence", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "instructions-and-safety-information", "text": "Supply each appliance with installation instructions for the installer, use and servicing instructions for the user and warning notices on the appliance and its packaging stating the gas type, supply pressure, appliance category and restrictions on use, in a language the Member State determines; supply each fitting, or each batch delivered to a single user, with a copy of the EU declaration of conformity containing incorporation, adjustment, operation and maintenance instructions.", "article": "Art. 7(7) and Annex I, points 1.5 to 1.7", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-immediately-bring-conformity", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "text": "If you consider or have reason to believe that an appliance or fitting you placed on the market does not conform, immediately bring it into conformity, withdraw or recall it, and where it presents a risk inform the competent authorities of the Member States where you made it available with details of the non-compliance and the corrective measures.", "article": "Art. 7(8)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-provide-information-documentation", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "On a reasoned request, provide all information and documentation demonstrating conformity in paper or electronic form in a language the authority understands, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and be able to identify your suppliers and customers for 10 years after each supply.", "article": "Art. 7(9) and Art. 12", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-provide-information-request", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with all information and documentation demonstrating conformity, in paper or electronic form and a language it understands, and cooperate on measures to eliminate the risks.", "article": "Art. 7(9)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-mfr-identify-suppliers-customers", "role": "manufacturer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Be able to identify, for 10 years after each supply, the economic operators that supplied you and the economic operators you supplied.", "article": "Art. 12", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-oth-act-written-mandate", "role": "other", "kind": "evidence", "level": "company", "timing": "before-market", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Act under a written mandate that at least lets you keep the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation at the disposal of the national market surveillance authorities for 10 years after placing on the market, provide conformity information and documentation on reasoned request, and cooperate with the authorities on risk-elimination measures.", "article": "Art. 8(2)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-oth-hold-written-mandate", "role": "other", "kind": "evidence", "level": "company", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Act only under a written mandate from the manufacturer that sets out the tasks you perform on its behalf.", "article": "Art. 8(1) and Art. 8(2)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-oth-keep-documentation-years", "role": "other", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Keep the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation at the disposal of the national market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the appliance or fitting was placed on the market.", "article": "Art. 8(2)(a)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-oth-provide-information-request", "role": "other", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with the information and documentation demonstrating conformity, and cooperate with it on measures to eliminate the risks of the products covered by your mandate.", "article": "Art. 8(2)(b) and Art. 8(2)(c)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-oth-take-manufacturers-duty", "role": "other", "kind": "status", "level": "company", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Do not take over the manufacturer's duty to design and manufacture to the essential requirements or to draw up the technical documentation; those cannot form part of the mandate, although the mandate may cover lodging the EU type-examination application and the CE marking and declaration duties of the production modules.", "article": "Art. 8(1) and Annex III, points 1.10 and 2.5", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-oth-affix-notified-bodys", "role": "other", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Where the notified body instructs it, affix the notified body's identification number after the CE marking on the manufacturer's behalf.", "article": "Art. 17(3)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-oth-able-identify-economic", "role": "other", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Be able to identify the economic operators that supplied you and that you supplied for 10 years.", "article": "Art. 12", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-imp-place-compliant-appliances", "role": "importer", "kind": "verification", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Place only compliant appliances and fittings on the market, and before doing so check that the manufacturer carried out the Article 14 conformity assessment, drew up the technical documentation, affixed the CE marking, supplied the instructions and safety information or, for a fitting, the copy of the EU declaration of conformity, and applied the identification, inscription and address requirements; hold non-conforming products back and inform the manufacturer and the authorities where they present a risk.", "article": "Art. 9(1) and Art. 9(2)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-imp-indicate-name-registered", "role": "importer", "kind": "mark", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "identification-and-address", "text": "Indicate your name, registered trade name or trade mark and a postal contact address on the appliance or fitting or, where not possible, on its packaging or in an accompanying document, in a language end users or appliance manufacturers and the authorities understand.", "article": "Art. 9(3)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-imp-ensure-appliance-accompanied", "role": "importer", "kind": "verification", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "sharedKey": "instructions-and-safety-information", "text": "Ensure the appliance is accompanied by instructions and safety information in the language the Member State determines, and the fitting by a copy of the EU declaration of conformity with incorporation, adjustment, operation and maintenance instructions in a language appliance manufacturers understand.", "article": "Art. 9(4)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-imp-keep-storage-transport", "role": "importer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising compliance with the essential requirements, and where the risks warrant it sample-test marketed appliances, investigate complaints and keep a register of complaints, non-conforming products and recalls, informing distributors.", "article": "Art. 9(5) and Art. 9(6)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-imp-ensure-storage-transport", "role": "importer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "text": "While an appliance or fitting is under your responsibility, keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising its compliance with the essential requirements.", "article": "Art. 9(5)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-imp-sample-test-register", "role": "importer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "text": "Where the risks warrant it, sample-test marketed appliances and fittings, investigate complaints, keep a register of complaints, non-conforming products and recalls, and keep distributors informed of that monitoring.", "article": "Art. 9(6)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-imp-immediately-take-corrective", "role": "importer", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "text": "If an appliance or fitting you placed on the market does not conform, immediately take corrective measures, withdraw or recall it, and where it presents a risk inform the competent authorities of the Member States concerned.", "article": "Art. 9(7)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-imp-keep-copy-declaration", "role": "importer", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "Keep a copy of the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years and ensure the technical documentation can be made available on request; provide conformity information on reasoned request in a language the authority understands, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and identify suppliers and customers for 10 years.", "article": "Art. 9(8), Art. 9(9) and Art. 12", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-imp-keep-declaration-copy", "role": "importer", "kind": "standing", "level": "product", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Keep a copy of the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after placing on the market, and ensure the technical documentation can be made available on request.", "article": "Art. 9(8)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-imp-provide-information-request", "role": "importer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with the information and documentation demonstrating conformity in a language it understands, and cooperate on measures to eliminate the risks.", "article": "Art. 9(9)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-imp-identify-suppliers-customers", "role": "importer", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Be able to identify, for 10 years after each supply, the economic operators that supplied you and the economic operators you supplied.", "article": "Art. 12", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-imp-modify-way-affect", "role": "importer", "kind": "status", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "If you place an appliance or fitting on the market under your own name or trade mark, or modify one in a way that may affect compliance, you carry the manufacturer's obligations under Article 7.", "article": "Art. 11", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-dist-act-due-care", "role": "distributor", "kind": "verification", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Act with due care and, before making an appliance available, verify that it bears the CE marking and is accompanied by instructions and safety information in the language of the Member State where it is sold, and that the manufacturer and importer have applied their identification, inscription and address requirements; hold non-conforming products back and inform the manufacturer or importer and the authorities where they present a risk.", "article": "Art. 10(1) and Art. 10(2)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-dist-verify-bears-marking", "role": "distributor", "kind": "verification", "level": "product-market", "timing": "before-market", "text": "Before making a fitting available, verify that it bears the CE marking and is accompanied by a copy of the EU declaration of conformity with incorporation, adjustment, operation and maintenance instructions in a language appliance manufacturers understand.", "article": "Art. 10(2)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-dist-keep-storage-transport", "role": "distributor", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "text": "Keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising compliance with the essential requirements.", "article": "Art. 10(3)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-dist-make-sure-corrective", "role": "distributor", "kind": "submission", "level": "product", "timing": "on-event", "text": "If an appliance or fitting you made available does not conform, make sure corrective measures are taken to bring it into conformity, withdraw or recall it, and where it presents a risk immediately inform the competent authorities of the Member States concerned.", "article": "Art. 10(4)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-dist-provide-information-documentation", "role": "distributor", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "retired": "2026-09-24", "text": "On reasoned request, provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and identify suppliers and customers for 10 years.", "article": "Art. 10(5) and Art. 12", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-dist-provide-information-request", "role": "distributor", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation", "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with the information and documentation demonstrating conformity, and cooperate on measures to eliminate the risks of appliances or fittings you made available.", "article": "Art. 10(5)", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-dist-identify-suppliers-customers", "role": "distributor", "kind": "standing", "level": "company", "timing": "ongoing", "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y", "text": "Be able to identify, for 10 years after each supply, the economic operators that supplied you and the economic operators you supplied.", "article": "Art. 12", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "id": "gar-dist-take-manufacturers-obligations", "role": "distributor", "kind": "status", "level": "product", "timing": "before-market", "text": "If you sell under your own name or trade mark or modify an appliance or fitting in a way that may affect compliance, you take on the manufacturer's obligations.", "article": "Art. 11", "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" } ], "requirementsHash": "df3a13fb59d3ab4c", "penalties": { "text": "Member States lay down the rules on penalties for infringements of the regulation by economic operators; the penalties must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive, may include criminal penalties for serious infringements, and had to be notified to the Commission by 21 March 2018. Market surveillance authorities evaluate appliances and fittings that present a risk to the health or safety of persons or to domestic animals or property, require corrective action, withdrawal or recall within a period commensurate with the risk, inform the notified body, and if the operator fails to act prohibit or restrict the making available, withdraw or recall the product and notify the Commission and the other Member States; compliant products that still present a risk can be treated the same way. Formal non-compliance, such as CE marking missing or wrongly affixed, Annex IV inscriptions or the notified-body number missing, an EU declaration of conformity not drawn up correctly or not accompanying a fitting, incomplete technical documentation or missing manufacturer or importer identification, must be ended and otherwise leads to restriction, prohibition, withdrawal or recall. In Denmark, the regulation is enforced under produktloven (consolidated act nr. 22 of 8 January 2026), which lists it in section 2(1), point 41, and makes Erhvervsstyrelsen the control authority with powers to sample products, issue temporary bans, order warnings, withdrawal or recall, remove unlawful CE marking and prohibit or destroy non-compliant products; infringements are punished with fines and, under aggravating circumstances such as danger to safety or health, an accident with serious injury or death, repetition or systematic infringement for gain, with imprisonment of up to 2 years. Executive order nr. 239 of 23 March 2018, § 47, as recast by executive order nr. 236 of 13 March 2019 and extended by executive order nr. 485 of 28 May 2026, separately punishes with a fine, unless a higher penalty is due under other law, breaches of §§ 7 to 17, §§ 19 to 32, § 38 and § 45(2) of the order and breaches of Articles 3(1) and (2), 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14(1), 15, 17(1) to (3), 18, 23(2) to (11), 25, 31 to 33, 37(1) and (3), 39(2) and 40c(5) and (7) of the regulation, with liability for companies under Chapter 5 of the Danish Criminal Code (§ 48). Executive order nr. 239 of 23 March 2018 on the safety of gas equipment requires Danish instructions and safety information and a Danish or English EU declaration of conformity and entrusts the assessment of notified bodies to DANAK. Since 30 May 2026, § 45(2) of executive order nr. 239/2018 requires appliances or fittings covered by an extension of an authorisation under Article 40c(2) to carry clear, understandable and legible information that they are placed on the market or used for the manufacturer's own purposes as a 'crisis-relevant good', in Danish or English.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016R0426-20260529 · Art. 43, Art. 37, Art. 39 and Art. 40; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/22 · § 2, stk. 1, nr. 41, § 9, §§ 12 to 16 and § 37; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2018/239 · §§ 41 to 45, § 47 and § 48; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2019/236 · § 1, nr. 5; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/485 · § 1, nr. 4 to 6; https://www.sik.dk/erhverv/produkter/gas-produkter/vejledninger/ce-godkendelse-gasapparater-og-udstyr" }, "checklist": [ "Confirm the product burns a gaseous fuel for cooking, refrigeration, air-conditioning, space heating, hot water production, lighting or washing, or is a burner, heating body or fitting for such an appliance, and that it is not specifically designed for an excluded industrial, aircraft, railway or laboratory use (Articles 1 and 2).", "Decide your role for each product, remembering that selling under your own brand, modifying the product or using the appliance for your own purposes makes you the manufacturer (Articles 2 and 11).", "Check the gas types and supply pressures communicated by each Member State you sell into and design the appliance for the right gas families, groups and pressures, marking the appliance category and nominal supply pressure (Articles 1(2) and 4, Annex II and Annex IV).", "Identify the harmonised standards published in the Official Journal that cover the product and carry out the risk analysis against the Annex I essential requirements, including unburned gas release, ignition, combustion, carbon monoxide, temperature and rational use of energy (Article 13 and Annex I).", "Compile the Annex III technical documentation and lodge the EU type-examination application with a single notified body, then choose the production-phase module C2, D, E or F, or Module G for single units or small quantities (Article 14 and Annex III).", "Draw up the Annex V EU declaration of conformity per model, as a single declaration where other Union acts also apply, and for fittings include the incorporation, adjustment, operation and maintenance instructions (Article 15).", "Affix the CE marking, the notified body's identification number and the last two digits of the year, plus the type or serial number and the Annex IV inscriptions, before placing on the market (Articles 17 and 18).", "Supply installation instructions, use and servicing instructions and warning notices in the required language, in Denmark in Danish, and send a copy of the EU declaration of conformity with each fitting (Article 7(7) and Annex I, points 1.5 to 1.7).", "Keep the technical documentation, the type-examination certificate and the declaration for 10 years, track the certificate's 10-year validity, and set up the corrective-action, notification and 10-year supplier and customer traceability procedures (Articles 7(3), 7(8), 9(8), 12 and Annex III, points 1.6 and 1.9).", "If you rely on an emergency authorisation that the Commission has extended to the whole Union, remember that since 30 May 2026, § 45(2) of executive order nr. 239/2018 requires appliances or fittings covered by an extension of an authorisation under Article 40c(2) to carry clear, understandable and legible information that they are placed on the market or used for the manufacturer's own purposes as a 'crisis-relevant good', in Danish or English (Article 40c(2); executive order nr. 239/2018, § 45(2))." ], "faq": [ { "q": "When did the Gas Appliances Regulation 2016/426 start to apply?", "a": "The regulation was adopted on 9 March 2016, published in the Official Journal on 31 March 2016 and entered into force on 20 April 2016. Article 4 on gas supply conditions, Articles 19 to 35 on notified bodies, Article 42 and Annex II applied from 21 October 2016, Article 43(1) on penalties from 21 March 2018, and the rest from 21 April 2018, when Directive 2009/142/EC was repealed. The internal market emergency procedures added by Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 apply from 29 May 2026.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 45 and Art. 46; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2748 · Art. 7" }, { "q": "Which products does the GAR cover?", "a": "Appliances burning gaseous fuels used for cooking, refrigeration, air-conditioning, space heating, hot water production, lighting or washing, plus forced draught burners and heating bodies to be equipped with such burners, and fittings, meaning safety, controlling or regulating devices and their sub-assemblies designed to be incorporated into an appliance or assembled to constitute one. A gaseous fuel is any fuel in a gaseous state at 15 °C under an absolute pressure of 1 bar.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 1(1) and Art. 2, points (1), (2) and (6)" }, { "q": "Which appliances are excluded from the GAR?", "a": "Appliances specifically designed for use in industrial processes carried out on industrial premises, for use on aircraft and railways, and for research purposes for temporary use in laboratories. An appliance counts as specifically designed only when its design is intended solely to address a specific need for a specific process or use. Where another Union act covers an aspect more specifically, the regulation does not apply to that aspect, and the rational-use-of-energy requirement does not apply to appliances covered by an ecodesign measure.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 1(3), Art. 1(4) and Art. 1(5)" }, { "q": "Do I need a notified body for the GAR?", "a": "Yes. Series-manufactured appliances and fittings go through EU type-examination (Module B, production type) by a notified body, combined at the manufacturer's choice with conformity to type based on internal production control plus supervised product checks at random intervals (Module C2), quality assurance of the production process (Module D), product quality assurance (Module E) or product verification (Module F). For a single unit or small quantities the manufacturer may instead choose conformity based on unit verification (Module G). The notified body's identification number follows the CE marking, and its type-examination certificate is valid for at most 10 years.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 14, Art. 17(3) and Annex III, point 1.6" }, { "q": "Are gas fittings CE-marked?", "a": "Yes. Fittings follow the same conformity assessment procedures as appliances, bear the CE marking and the notified body's number, and must be accompanied by a copy of the EU declaration of conformity, which states the fitting's characteristics and contains instructions on how it is to be incorporated into an appliance or assembled to constitute one, together with adjustment, operation and maintenance instructions. Where a large number of fittings are delivered to a single user, one copy per batch or consignment is enough.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(7), Art. 14(1), Art. 15(3), Art. 15(6) and Art. 17(1)" }, { "q": "What must be marked on a gas appliance?", "a": "The CE marking followed by the identification number of the notified body involved in the production control phase and the last two digits of the year of affixing, a type, batch or serial number, and the Annex IV inscriptions: the manufacturer's name, registered trade name or trade mark, the type of electrical supply where applicable, the appliance category marking, the nominal supply pressure and the information needed for correct and safe installation. The manufacturer's and importer's postal contact addresses go on the appliance or, where not possible, on the packaging or an accompanying document. Warning notices on the appliance and its packaging state the gas type, supply pressure, appliance category and restrictions on use.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(5), Art. 7(6), Art. 9(3), Art. 17, Art. 18, Annex I, point 1.6.3, and Annex IV" }, { "q": "Do gas appliances need Danish instructions?", "a": "Yes. The regulation requires instructions and safety information in a language easily understood by consumers and other end users, as determined by the Member State concerned, and Denmark's executive order nr. 239 of 23 March 2018 on the safety of gas equipment requires the installation and use instructions and safety information accompanying an appliance to be in Danish and the EU declaration of conformity accompanying a fitting to be in Danish or English. Since 30 May 2026 the order itself names Erhvervsstyrelsen, which under § 41 of the order relies on DANAK to issue the accreditation certificate and to assess and monitor the Danish notified bodies. Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, since 1 January 2026 the Markedsovervågning department of Erhvervsstyrelsen, states the same on its guidance page.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(7), Art. 9(4) and Art. 10(2); https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2018/239 · § 41 and §§ 42 to 45; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/485 · § 1, nr. 3; https://www.sik.dk/erhverv/produkter/gas-produkter/love-og-regler/gasapparatforordning-og-eu-vejledning" }, { "q": "How long must I keep the technical documentation and traceability records?", "a": "Manufacturers keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity, and a copy of the EU type-examination certificate with its annexes, for 10 years after the appliance or fitting was placed on the market; authorised representatives keep both at the disposal of the authorities for the same period, and importers keep a copy of the declaration for 10 years and ensure the documentation can be produced. All economic operators must be able to identify who supplied them and whom they supplied for 10 years after the supply.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 7(3), Art. 8(2), Art. 9(8), Art. 12 and Annex III, point 1.9" } ], "changelog": [ { "date": "2026-09-12", "kind": "guidance", "title": "Guide rebuilt from the consolidated text and Danish law", "summary": "The body was rewritten from the consolidated text of 29 May 2026: the exact Article 1(3) exclusions and the 'specifically designed' test, the Module B plus C2, D, E, F or G conformity routes, the Annex IV inscriptions, the fitting rules, the transitional provision and the 2024 emergency chapter. The Danish enforcement basis was corrected. In Denmark, the market surveillance of gas appliances runs under the product act (consolidated act nr. 22 of 8 January 2026), which lists the regulation in section 2(1), point 41, and makes Erhvervsstyrelsen the control authority, while the national rules themselves — executive order nr. 239 of 23 March 2018 on the safety of gas equipment — were re-based on the gas safety act (gassikkerhedsloven, consolidated act nr. 257 of 9 February 2026) by amending order nr. 485 of 28 May 2026.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016R0426-20260529 · Art. 1, Art. 14, Art. 18, Art. 44 and Annex IV; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/22 · § 2, stk. 1, nr. 41, and § 9; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/485 · § 1, nr. 2; https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/257" }, { "date": "2026-05-30", "kind": "amendment", "title": "Denmark: executive order nr. 485 of 28 May 2026 amends the gas equipment order", "summary": "Executive order nr. 485 of 28 May 2026 in force: executive order nr. 239/2018 is re-based on the gas safety act (consolidated act nr. 257 of 9 February 2026), Erhvervsstyrelsen replaces Sikkerhedsstyrelsen throughout, a new § 45(2) requires the crisis-relevant-good information and labelling in Danish or English, and the fine provision is extended to that duty and to Article 40c(5) and (7).", "source": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/485 · § 1, nr. 1 to 6, and § 2" }, { "date": "2026-05-29", "kind": "applies", "title": "Emergency procedures for crisis-relevant appliances and fittings apply", "summary": "Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 applies: Articles 40a to 40e let notified bodies prioritise conformity assessment, let a Member State authorise the placing on the market of a specific appliance or fitting without the notified-body procedures, let the Commission list standards or set common specifications giving a presumption of conformity, and require prioritised market surveillance and mutual assistance, for appliances and fittings designated as crisis-relevant goods while an internal market emergency mode under Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 is active.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2748 · Art. 4 and Art. 7; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016R0426-20260529 · Art. 40a to Art. 40e" }, { "date": "2024-11-28", "kind": "amendment", "title": "Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 in force: internal market emergency procedures", "summary": "The amending regulation of 9 October 2024, published on 8 November 2024, adds the definitions of crisis-relevant goods and internal market emergency mode to Article 2 and inserts Chapter Va (Articles 40a to 40e); it entered into force on the twentieth day after publication and applies from 29 May 2026.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2748 · Art. 4 and Art. 7" }, { "date": "2019-03-15", "kind": "amendment", "title": "Denmark: executive order nr. 236 of 13 March 2019 recasts the penalty provision of the gas equipment order", "summary": "Executive order nr. 236 of 13 March 2019 in force: the penalty provision of executive order nr. 239/2018 is recast as § 47(1), which fines breaches of §§ 7 to 17, §§ 19 to 32 or § 38 of the order and breaches of Articles 3(1) and (2), 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14(1), 15, 17(1) to (3), 18, 23(2) to (11), 25, 31 to 33, 37(1) and (3) and 39(2) of the regulation.", "source": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2019/236 · § 1, nr. 5" }, { "date": "2018-04-21", "kind": "applies", "title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/426 applies in full; Directive 2009/142/EC repealed", "summary": "The economic operator duties, conformity assessment, CE marking and market surveillance provisions apply and Directive 2009/142/EC is repealed; appliances and fittings conforming to the directive and placed on the market before 21 April 2018 may still be made available and, for appliances, put into service.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 44, Art. 45 and Art. 46(2)" }, { "date": "2016-10-21", "kind": "applies", "title": "Notified-body, gas-supply-condition and committee provisions apply", "summary": "Article 4, Articles 19 to 35, Article 42 and Annex II apply, so Member States could notify conformity assessment bodies and had until 21 October 2017 to communicate their gas types and supply pressures; Article 43(1) on penalty rules followed on 21 March 2018.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 4(1) and Art. 46(2)" }, { "date": "2016-04-20", "kind": "in-force", "title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/426 enters into force", "summary": "Adopted on 9 March 2016 as a directly applicable regulation replacing Directive 2009/142/EC and aligned with the New Legislative Framework, and published in OJ L 81 on 31 March 2016, the regulation entered into force on the twentieth day after publication.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426 · Art. 46(1)" } ], "sources": [ { "label": "Regulation (EU) 2016/426 on appliances burning gaseous fuels, consolidated text of 29 May 2026 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016R0426-20260529" }, { "label": "Regulation (EU) 2016/426 as published in OJ L 81, 31 March 2016 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "label": "Document information, dates and relationships for CELEX 32016R0426 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426" }, { "label": "Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 on emergency procedures for the conformity assessment, presumption of conformity, common specifications and market surveillance of products (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2748" }, { "label": "Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance and compliance of products, Annex I item 63 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020" }, { "label": "Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 on accreditation and market surveillance (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32008R0765" }, { "label": "Gas Appliances Regulation (GAR), guidance sheets, Q&A and Member State gas communications (European Commission, DG GROW)", "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/pressure-equipment-and-gas-appliances/gas-appliances-sector/gas-appliances-regulation_en" }, { "label": "Gasapparatforordning og EU-vejledning (Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, Erhvervsstyrelsen)", "url": "https://www.sik.dk/erhverv/produkter/gas-produkter/love-og-regler/gasapparatforordning-og-eu-vejledning" }, { "label": "CE-godkendelse af gasapparater og -udstyr (Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, Erhvervsstyrelsen)", "url": "https://www.sik.dk/erhverv/produkter/gas-produkter/vejledninger/ce-godkendelse-gasapparater-og-udstyr" }, { "label": "Produktloven og bekendtgørelse om sikkerhed for gasmateriel (Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, Erhvervsstyrelsen)", "url": "https://www.sik.dk/erhverv/produkter/gas-produkter/love-og-regler/bekendtgoerelse-om-sikkerhed-gasmateriel" }, { "label": "Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, en del af Erhvervsstyrelsen from 1 January 2026 (Sikkerhedsstyrelsen)", "url": "https://www.sik.dk/sikkerhedsstyrelsen-del-erhvervsstyrelsen" }, { "label": "Bekendtgørelse af lov om produkter og markedsovervågning, LBK nr. 22 af 8. januar 2026 (Retsinformation)", "url": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/22" }, { "label": "Bekendtgørelse om sikkerhed for gasmateriel, BEK nr. 239 af 23. marts 2018 (Retsinformation)", "url": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2018/239" }, { "label": "Bekendtgørelse nr. 236 af 13. marts 2019 om ændring af bekendtgørelse om sikkerhed for gasmateriel (Retsinformation)", "url": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2019/236" }, { "label": "Bekendtgørelse nr. 485 af 28. maj 2026 om ændring af bekendtgørelse om sikkerhed for gasmateriel (Retsinformation)", "url": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/485" }, { "label": "Bekendtgørelse af lov om sikkerhed for gasanlæg, gasinstallationer og rørledninger til gas (gassikkerhedsloven), LBK nr. 257 af 9. februar 2026 (Retsinformation)", "url": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/257" }, { "label": "Lov om produkter og markedsovervågning, lov nr. 799 af 9. juni 2020, § 43 moving gas equipment from gassikkerhedsloven to produktloven (Retsinformation)", "url": "https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2020/799" } ], "reviewer": { "name": "Conphora compliance team", "role": "Compliance editors, Conphora" }, "reviewedAt": "2026-09-24", "nextReview": "2027-03-12", "links": { "tools": [], "courses": [], "related": { "en": "/regulations/gar/", "dk": "/dk/eu-regulativer/gar/" } } }