PART 2REGULATED NON-AUTOMATIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS – OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS
CHAPTER 1OBLIGATIONS OF MANUFACTURERS AND PERSONS TO BE TREATED AS MANUFACTURERS
Use of authorised representatives by manufacturers14
1
A manufacturer may, by written mandate, appoint an authorised representative to discharge the responsibilities of that manufacturer under these Regulations in relation to the placing on the market of a regulated non-automatic weighing instrument.
2
The authorised representative does not have the power to discharge the manufacturer's obligations under regulations 6(a) and 6(b).
3
The authorised representative must be treated as authorised to—
a
keep the F1EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation at the disposal of the market surveillance authority for 10 years beginning with the day after the day on which a regulated non-automatic weighing instrument has been placed on the market;
b
provide a competent authority further to a reasoned request from that authority with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of a regulated non-automatic weighing instrument; and
c
co-operate with a competent authority, at its request, on any action taken to eliminate the risks posed by regulated non-automatic weighing instruments covered by its mandate.