Article 7U.K.

1.Where manufacturers provide the instructions for use in electronic form on an electronic storage medium together with the device or where the device itself is fitted with a built-in system visually displaying the instructions for use, the instructions for use in electronic form shall also be made accessible to the users through a website.

2.Any website containing instructions for use of a device which are provided in electronic form instead of in paper form shall comply with the following requirements:

(a)the instructions for use shall be provided in a commonly used format that can be read with freely available software;

(b)it shall be protected against hardware and software intrusion;

(c)it shall be provided in such a way that the server downtime and display errors are reduced as far as possible;

(d)it shall mention in which Union languages the manufacturer provides the instructions for use in electronic form;

(e)it shall fulfil the requirements of [F1the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR];

(f)the Internet address as displayed in accordance with Article 6(2) shall be stable and directly accessible during the periods set out in points (9) and (10) of Article 5;

(g)all previous versions of the instructions for use issued in electronic form and their date of publication shall be available on the website.

[F23.In this Article “the UK GDPR” has the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(10) and (14) of that Act).]

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