Retention of documentation and co-operation with the authoritiesU.K.
27.—(1) An importer must for a period of ten years from the day on which they placed an item of EEE on the market—
(a)keep a copy of the [F1EU] declaration of conformity for the EEE; and
(b)ensure that the technical documentation is available for inspection by the market surveillance authority on request by the authority.
(2) The market surveillance authority may during the ten year period mentioned in paragraph (1) request an importer who has placed EEE on the market to—
(a)provide it within such period as the authority may specify with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate that the provisions of these Regulations have been complied with in relation to the EEE; and
(b)co-operate with that authority on any action taken or to be taken to ensure that the provisions of these Regulations are complied with in relation to the EEE.
(3) A request under paragraph (2)(a) must be accompanied by the reasons for making the request.
(4) The importer must comply with a request under paragraph (2).
(5) The information and documentation supplied pursuant to a request under paragraph (2)(a) must be drawn up in or translated into English.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 27(1)(a) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(b), 18(19) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(2), 11(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)