Manufacturers of welding consumables shall provide inspection documents affirming compliance with the specification.
Based on section 4 of Annex I and PED Guideline G-05 manufacturers of welding consumables shall provide test report “2.2” as an inspection document in accordance with the standard EN 10204.
The traceability requirement of Annex I section 3.1.5 applies also for welding consumables. It can be maintained by procedural methods that cover receipt, identification, storage, transfer to production, temporary storage and use in production, availability of correct inspection documents at the final inspection:
(see also PED Guideline G-04).