1. Before an appliance or a fitting is placed on the market, the manufacturer shall submit it to a conformity assessment procedure in accordance with paragraph 2 or 3.
2. The conformity of series-manufactured appliances and fittings with the requirements of this Regulation shall be assessed by means of the EU type-examination (Module B — production type) set out in point 1 of Annex III, combined with one of the following modules, at the choice of the manufacturer:
(a)
conformity to type based on internal production control plus supervised product checks at random intervals (Module C2), set out in point 2 of Annex III;
(b)
conformity to type based on quality assurance of the production process (Module D), set out in point 3 of Annex III;
(c)
conformity to type based on product quality assurance (Module E), set out in point 4 of Annex III;
(d)
conformity to type based on product verification (Module F), set out in point 5 of Annex III.
3. In the case of an appliance or a fitting produced as a single unit or in small quantities, the manufacturer may choose one of the procedures set out in paragraph 2 of this Article or conformity based on unit verification (Module G) set out in point 6 of Annex III.
4. Records and correspondence relating to conformity assessment of an appliance or a fitting shall be drawn up in an official language of the Member State where the notified body carrying out the procedures referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 is established or in a language accepted by that body.