1. This Article applies to all types of machinery and related products listed in the implementing act referred to in Article 25a(1) that are subject to the conformity assessment procedures referred to in Article 25 that require the 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 machinery and related 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 25a.
3. The prioritisation of applications for a conformity assessment of machinery and related products pursuant to paragraph 2 shall not result in additional disproportionate additional costs for the manufacturers, who have lodged those applications.
4. The notified bodies shall make reasonable efforts to increase their testing capacities for machinery and related products referred to in paragraph 1 in respect of which they have been notified.