II.Disinfection pre-treatment equipment is designed in such a way that :
a) They pre-treat packaged waste from care activities involving infectious risks and similar waste;
b) They reduce the microbiological contamination of waste from care activities involving infectious risks and similar waste;
c) They modify the appearance of waste from care activities involving infectious risks and similar waste in order to reduce the mechanical risk and make it unrecognisable;
d) That they proceed in stages carried out in the same unit of location;
e) That they do not lead to the handling of waste from care activities involving infectious and similar risks which is not packaged in single-use packaging as referred to in article R. 1335-6.
III – Before being placed on the market for the first time, each model of disinfection pre-treatment appliance must obtain a five-year certificate of conformity issued by a body approved by the Minister for Health. The approved body may renew this certificate for the same period. It may withdraw it after inviting the holder to submit observations.
IV – An order by the ministers responsible for the environment and health sets out:
1° The procedures for verifying the effectiveness of the reduction in microbiological contamination and the modification of the appearance of waste from care activities involving infectious risks;
2° The conditions for approving the organisations mentioned in III, taking particular account of their technical skills and ethical rules;
3° The conditions for issuing the certificate mentioned in III.