The manufacturer's formal declaration that a battery meets the specified EU battery requirements.
The manufacturer draws up an EU declaration of conformity after the applicable conformity-assessment procedure and assumes responsibility for the battery's compliance with the requirements identified in Article 18. The declaration follows Annex IX and must be kept up to date. It is the manufacturer's statement, even where a notified body participates in assessment.
An EU declaration of conformity is the manufacturer’s signed statement identifying the battery and the requirements for which it assumes responsibility.
Not a third-party certificate.
Battery Regulation Article 18 and Annex IX set the EU declaration of conformity, its form and the manufacturer’s responsibility for the specified requirements.
Source-grounded explanatory term, not a formal definition in the cited provisions. Source context is paraphrased, not quoted legal text.
Store the signed declaration alongside the battery model, conformity procedure, manufacturer and applicable assessment evidence.
Keep the signed declaration and its identified battery model connected to the technical file and applicable assessment route.
Source anchor; see source context and definition status.
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