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1. Purpose of this Annex This Annex describes the preliminary assessment that must be carried out by the competent body to ensure that the manufacturer has put in place the necessary arrangements and procedures.

2. Competent body The competent body shall comply with standard EN 45012: 1989 or ISO/IEC Guide 62: 1996 on the general criteria for certification bodies operating quality system certification as regards the management systems implemented by the manufacturer.

3. Checks to be performed by the competent body 3.1. The competent body shall ensure that the manufacturer has taken the necessary measures to:

(a) collect appropriate data through the full chain of supply, in particular the nature and the mass of all materials used in the construction of the vehicles, in order to perform the calculations required under this Directive;

(b) keep at his disposal all the other appropriate vehicle data required by the calculation process such as the volume of the fluids, etc.;

(c) check adequately the information received from suppliers;

(d) manage the breakdown of the materials;

(e) be able to perform the calculation of the recyclability and recoverability rates in accordance with the standard ISO 22628: 2002;

(f) mark the component parts made of polymers and elastomers in accordance with Commission Decision 2003/138/EC of 27 February 2003 establishing component and material coding standards for vehicles pursuant to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles ();

(g) verify that no component part listed in Annex V is reused in the construction of new vehicles.

3.2. The manufacturer shall provide the competent body with all relevant information, in documentary form. In particular, recycling and recovery of materials shall be properly documented.

4.1. For the purposes of preliminary assessment under Article 6 of Directive 2005/64/EC, the vehicle manufacturer shall be required to demonstrate that, through contractual arrangements with his suppliers, compliance with Article 4(2)(a) of Directive 2000/53/EC is ensured.

4.2. For the purposes of preliminary assessment under Article 6 of Directive 2005/64/EC, the vehicle manufacturer shall be required to establish procedures for the following purposes:

(a) to communicate the applicable requirements to his staff and to all of his suppliers;

(b) to monitor and ensure that suppliers act in accordance with those requirements;

(c) to collect the relevant data through the full supply chain;

(d) to check and verify the information received from suppliers;

(e) to react adequately where the data received from the suppliers indicate non-compliance with the requirements under Article 4(2)(a) of Directive 2000/53/EC.

4.3. For the purposes of paragraph 4.1 and 4.2, the vehicle manufacturer shall be required to use, in agreement with the competent body, ISO 9000/14000 or other standardised quality assurance programme. Appendix to Annex IV MODEL OF CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE