EU/EAA EFTA Certificates
EU and EEA EFTA Notified Bodies acting under the authority of the US-EC MRA or the US-EEA EFTA MRA are permitted to issue USCG approval numbers for products covered by the MRAs. The EC Type Examination (Module B) Certificate issued by a Notified Body should include the following paragraph:
“This equipment is covered by the scope of the “Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on Mutual Recognition of Certificates of Conformity for Marine Equipment” signed February 27th, 2004 and amended by Decision No.1/2018 dated February 18th, 2019 according to U.S. Coast Guard approval category . A U.S. Coast Guard approval number will be assigned to the equipment when the production module has been completed and will appear on the production module certificate (module D, E or F) as allowed by the MED.”
For cases when the same Notified Body issues both certificates, the Notified Body assigns a USCG approval number on the Module D, E & F Certificates and includes the following paragraph:
“The manufacturer is allowed to affix the US Coast Guard approval number as allowed by the “Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on Mutual Recognition of Certificates of Conformity for Marine Equipment” signed February 27th, 2004 and amended by Decision No.1/2018 dated February 18th, 2019”
For cases when the Notified Body conducting the approval to Module B is different than the Notified Body conducting the quality assurance under Module D, E or F, the Certificate of Conformity (Module D, E or F) should be issued by the Notified Body (NB2) with the EC-US MRA marking required and the following paragraph:
“The manufacturer is allowed to affix the US Coast Guard approval number as allowed by the “Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on Mutual Recognition of Certificates of Conformity for Marine Equipment” signed February 27th, 2004 and amended by Decision No.1/2018 dated February 18th, 2019”
Product Markings
Manufacturers obtaining authorization to apply the USCG Approval Number to their products from a EU or EAA EFTA Notified Body will affix the US Coast Guard approval number.
For example:
164.109/EC0038/zzz
where “EC0038" indicates approval by the Notified Body number with number 0038 and “zzz” is the Unique Identifier for this product.
An example of an affixed US Coast Guard approval number for cases when the Notified Body conducting the approval to Module B is different than the Notified Body conducting the quality assurance under Module D, E or F, the Certificate of Conformity (Module D, E or F) is as follows:
164.109/EC0038/zzz/EC1121
where “EC0038" is the Notified Body that issued the Module B Certificate and has the notified body number “0038” and EC1121 is the Notified Body that issued Module D Certificate and has the notified body number "1121" and “zzz” is the Unique Identifier for this product.