B.4 Example of scheme D

The designated body is the national regulator and market surveillance authority, responsible for legal metrology, including prepackages. National legislation provides for surveillance in the market place and the mandatory use of a mark of conformity on prepackages. The designated body assesses the packer’s production system and issues a certificate. This gives the packer the right to apply the mark of conformity to the prepackages he produces, as specified in the certificate. The packer is subjected to periodic surveillance by the designated body of his production system. The designated body carries out checks in the market place.