2.PRODUCT CONFORMITY ARRANGEMENTS
2.1.Every vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit approved pursuant to this Directive or a separate directive or regulation must be so manufactured as to conform to the type approved by meeting the requirements of this Directive or a separate directive or regulation contained in the complete list set out in Annex IV or XI.
2.2.The EC type-approval authority of a Member State, at the time of granting an EC type-approval, must verify the existence of adequate arrangements and documented control plans, to be agreed with the manufacturer for each approval, to carry out at specified intervals those tests or associated checks necessary to verify continued conformity with the approved type including specifically, where applicable, tests specified in the separate directives or regulations.
2.3.
The holder of the EC type-approval must, in particular:
2.3.1.ensure the existence and application of procedures for effective control of the conformity of products (vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units) to the approved type;
2.3.2.have access to the testing or other appropriate equipment necessary for checking the conformity to each approved type;
2.3.3.ensure that test or check results data are recorded and that annexed documents remain available for a period to be determined in agreement with the type-approval authority. This period is not required to exceed 10 years;
2.3.4.analyse the results of each type of test or check, in order to verify and ensure the stability of the product characteristics, making allowance for variation of an industrial production;
2.3.5.ensure that for each type of product, at least the checks prescribed in this Directive and the tests prescribed in the applicable separate directives or regulations contained in the complete list set out in Annex IV or XI, are carried out;
2.3.6.ensure that any set of samples or test pieces, giving evidence of non-conformity in the type of test or check in question gives rise to a further sampling and test or check. All the necessary steps shall be taken to restore conformity of the corresponding production;
2.3.7.in the case of whole-vehicle EC type-approval, the checks referred to in point 2.3.5 are restricted to those verifying the correct build specification in relation to the approval and especially to the information document laid down in Annex III and the information required for certificates of conformity given in Annex IX to this Directive.
