(1)

In accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2014/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), measuring instruments which are in conformity with harmonised standards, or parts thereof, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union are to be presumed to be in conformity with the essential requirements set out in Annex I to that Directive, and in the relevant instrument-specific Annexes to that Directive covered by those standards or parts thereof.

(2)

By Commission Implementing Decision C(2015) 8558 (3), the Commission made a request to the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cenelec), and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) for the drafting, the revision and the completion of the work on harmonised standards in support of Directive 2014/32/EU for certain measuring instruments (‘the request’).

(3)

On the basis of the request, CEN drafted the following harmonised standards on thermal energy meters: EN 1434-1:2022 Thermal energy meters – Part 1: General requirements, EN 1434-2:2022 Thermal energy meters – Part 2: Constructional requirements, EN 1434-4:2022 Thermal energy meters – Part 4: Pattern approval tests, EN 1434-5:2022 Thermal energy meters – Part 5: Initial verification tests and EN 1434-6:2022 Thermal energy meters – Part 6: Installation, commissioning, operational monitoring and maintenance.

(4)

The Commission, together with CEN, has assessed whether the harmonised standards EN 1434-1:2022, EN 1434-2:2022, EN 1434-4:2022, EN 1434-5:2022 and EN 1434-6:2022 comply with the request.

(5)

Harmonised standards EN 1434-1:2022, EN 1434-2:2022, EN 1434-4:2022, EN 1434-5:2022 and EN 1434-6:2022 satisfy the essential requirements which they aim to cover, and which are set out in Directive 2014/32/EU. It is therefore appropriate to publish the references of those standards in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(6)

Annex I to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1402 (4) provides the references of harmonised standards conferring a presumption of conformity with Directive 2014/32/EU. In order to ensure that the references of harmonised standards drafted in support of Directive 2014/32/EU are listed in one act, the references of harmonised standards EN 1434-1:2022, EN 1434-2:2022, EN 1434-4:2022, EN 1434-5:2022 and EN 1434-6:2022 should be included in that Annex.

(7)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1402 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8)

Compliance with a harmonised standard confers a presumption of conformity with the corresponding essential requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation from the date of publication of the reference of such standard in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision should therefore enter into force on the day of its publication,