22.—(1) A manufacturer may, by written mandate, appoint a person established within the EU as their authorised representative to act on the manufacturer’s behalf in relation to specified tasks.
(2) The mandate must allow the authorised representative to do at least the following in relation to EEE covered by the mandate—
(a)perform the manufacturer’s obligations under regulation 15 (duty to keep technical documentation and EU declaration of conformity); and
(b)perform the manufacturer’s obligations under paragraph (4) of regulation 21 (cooperation with the authorities).
(3) An authorised representative may not be appointed to perform the manufacturer’s obligations under regulation 11 (design and manufacture of EEE ) or paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 12 (conformity assessment procedure and drawing up of technical documentation).
(4) An authorised representative must comply with all the duties imposed on the manufacturer in relation to each obligation under these Regulations that the representative is appointed by the mandate to perform and, accordingly—
(a)as far as those duties are concerned, references in these Regulations to the manufacturer are to be taken as including a reference to the authorised representative; and
(b)if the authorised representative contravenes or fails to comply with any of those duties, the authorised representative may be proceeded against as though the authorised representative were the manufacturer.
(5) A manufacturer who has appointed an authorised representative to perform on the manufacturer’s behalf an obligation under these Regulations remains responsible for the proper performance of that obligation.