Before displaying, offering for sale, selling, importing, hiring out, making available or transferring for any purpose whatsoever a new item of machinery or personal protective equipment which has been the subject of an EC type-examination certificate, the person responsible for the operation shall ensure that the item in question conforms to the model for which the certificate was issued.
The EC declaration of conformity provided for in Article R. 4313-1 may only be drawn up and issued and the CE conformity marking provided for in Article R. 4313-3 may only be affixed if the item in question conforms to the model for which the EC type-examination certificate was issued.