Article 26 — Conformity assessment procedures

1. Manufacturers shall use the conformity assessment procedures referred to in paragraph 2 or 3. 2. If the manufacturer has applied harmonised standards the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union or common specifications covering all relevant safety requirements for the toy identified in the safety assessment referred to in Article 25 the manufacturer shall use the internal production control procedure set out in Part I of Annex IV. 3. In the following cases, the manufacturer shall use the EU-type examination procedure set out in Part II of Annex IV together with the conformity-to-type procedure set out in Part III of that Annex: (a) where harmonised standards the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union or common specifications covering all relevant safety requirements for the toy, do not exist; (b) where harmonised standards or common specifications referred to in point (a) exist but the manufacturer has not applied them or has applied them only in part; (c) where one or more of the harmonised standards referred to in point (a) have been published with a restriction and the restriction is applicable to the toy in question; (d) where the manufacturer considers that the nature, design, construction or purpose of the toy necessitates third-party verification. 4. The EU-type examination certificate issued in accordance with Part II, point 6, of Annex IV shall be reviewed whenever necessary, in particular in the case of a change to the manufacturing process, the raw materials or the components of the toy, and, in any case, every five years.