1. This Article applies to all products listed in the implementing act referred to in Article 38a(1) that are subject to the conformity assessment procedures referred to in Article 13 that require mandatory involvement of a notified body.
2. The notified bodies shall make best efforts to process as a matter of priority all applications for a conformity assessment of products referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, irrespective of whether those applications have been lodged before or after the activation of the emergency procedures pursuant to Article 38a.
3. The prioritisation of applications for a conformity assessment of products pursuant to paragraph 2 shall not result in additional disproportionate costs for the manufacturers who have lodged those applications.
4. The notified bodies shall make reasonable efforts to increase their testing capacities for products referred to in paragraph 1 in respect of which they have been notified.