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17.—(1) The manufacturer must draw up technical documentation which contains all relevant information about the means used by the manufacturer to ensure that a toy will comply with the essential safety requirements during its foreseeable and normal period of use.
(2) The technical documentation must be drawn up—
(a)in so far as it relates to EC-type examination of the toy, in an official language of the Member State in which the notified body which performed that examination is established or in a language acceptable to that body;
(b)in so far as it does not relate to such examination, in one of the official languages of the EU.
(3) The technical documentation must include the information and documents listed in Annex IV of the Directive (technical documentation).
(4) Any correspondence relating to the EC-type examination of a toy must be drawn up in the official language of the Member State in which the notified body is established or in a language acceptable to that body.
(5) The manufacturer must keep the technical documentation for a toy (including the EC declaration of conformity) for a period of 10 years after the day on which the toy was placed on the market.
(6) An enforcement authority may, during the 10 year period, request a manufacturer to provide to it, within a specified period—
(a)a copy of all or part of the technical documentation drawn up in relation to a toy; and
(b)a translation into English of all or part of the technical documentation.
(7) A request must be accompanied by the reasons for making the request.
(8) The specified period must be 30 days beginning with the day on which the request was received by the manufacturer, unless a shorter period is justified in the case of serious and immediate risk.
(9) The manufacturer must comply with the request.
(10) If a manufacturer fails to comply with any of the manufacturer’s obligations under paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (9), an enforcement authority may request the manufacturer to ensure that a notified body performs such tests as the notified body identifies, within such period as the notified body may specify, to verify that the toy will comply with the essential safety requirements during its foreseeable and normal period of use, and that the toy complies with any harmonised standard applicable to the toy.
(11) The manufacturer must comply with the request (at the manufacturer’s own expense).
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