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Guideline B-40

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The pressure accessory does not become a safety accessory by putting both accessories together. The combination does not expand the different functions of the individual items.

Both accessories shall be subjected to appropriate conformity assessment and marking.

Note 1:
A pressure accessory equipped with a safety accessory is not an assembly because it does not constitute a functional whole as per Article 2 (6).
See also PED Guideline C-08.

Note 2:
The global conformity assessment is conducted on the assembly, the functional whole, as placed on the market.