Subsection 2: Access to documents and information

The market surveillance authorities and authorised agents may request the economic operator concerned to provide them with : 1° The document relating to the conformity of a specimen of equipment drawn up by the manufacturer; 2° The file or technical documentation for a model of equipment, comprising the relevant documents, technical specifications, data or information relating to the conformity of the model of equipment and its technical characteristics, including access…

Requests for documents and information as provided for in article R. 4314-8 must state the reasons for the request. The time limit set for the economic operator to respond to a request for the technical file or documentation takes account of the time needed to make the file or documentation available. The technical file or documentation may be requested for ten years after the date of the last manufacture.