PART 2Obligations of economic operators
Importers
Retention by importer of technical documentation and EU declaration of conformity26.
An importer must, for a period of 10 years beginning on the day on which a category A vessel was placed on the market, keep and, upon request, make available to an enforcing authority the following in relation to the vessel—
(a)
a copy of the EU declaration of conformity (as referred to in regulation 43); and
(b)
the technical documentation.