Komisija mora med dvema postopkoma potrjevanja skladnosti proizvoda po členu 13(3) Direktive 89/106/EGS izbrati "najmanj zahteven postopek, ki je skladen z varnostnimi zahtevami". To pomeni, da je treba odločiti, ali je za neki proizvod ali družino proizvodov obstoj sistema kontrole proizvodnje, za katerega je odgovoren proizvajalec, potreben in zadosten pogoj za potrditev skladnosti ali pa je zaradi izpolnjevanja meril iz člena 13(4) potrebno vključiti priglašen certifikacijski organ.
The Commission is required to select, between the two procedures under Article 13(3) of Directive 89/106/EEC for attesting the conformity of a product, the "least onerous possible procedure consistent with safety", This means that it is necessary to decide whether, for a given product or family of products, the existence of a factory production control system under the responsability of the manufacturer is a necessary and sufficient condition for an attestation of conformity, or whether, for reasons related to compliance with the criteria mentioned in Article 13(4), the intervention of an approved certification body is required.