CHAPTER IIGENERAL OBLIGATIONS
Article 11General obligations of importers
1
Importers shall place on the market only compliant engines which have received EU type-approval.
2
Before placing on the market an EU type-approved engine, importers shall ensure that:
a
the EU type-approval certificate with its attachments as referred to in Article 23(1) is available;
b
the engine bears the statutory marking referred to in Article 32;
c
the engine complies with Article 8(5).
3
For a period of ten years following the placing on the market of the engine, importers shall keep, where applicable, a copy of the statement of conformity referred to in Article 31 at the disposal of the approval and market surveillance authorities, and shall ensure that the EU type-approval certificate with its attachments as referred to in Article 23(1) can be made available to those authorities, upon request.
4
Importers shall indicate, on the engine or, where that is not possible, in a document accompanying the engine, their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the address at which they can be contacted.
5
Importers shall ensure that the engine is accompanied by the information and instructions referred to in Article 43.
6
Importers shall ensure that while they are responsible for an engine, storage or transport conditions do not jeopardise its compliance with this Chapter or Chapter III.
7
Importers shall provide a requesting national authority, upon reasoned request, with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of an engine. That information and documentation shall be in a language which can be easily understood by the requesting national authority.