S.L. 427.24 Art. 6Obligations of suppliers.

(1) Suppliers shall supply a label and a fiche in accordance with these regulations and the applicable implementing regulations for products they place on the market or put into service.

(2) (a) Suppliers shall produce technical documentation which is sufficient to enable the accuracy of the information contained in the label and the fiche to be assessed. That technical documentation shall include:

(i) a general description of the product;

(ii) where relevant, the results of design calculations carried out;

(iii) test reports, where available, including those carried out by relevant notified organisations as defined under other Union legislation;

(iv) where values are used for similar models, the references allowing identification of those models.

(b) To this end suppliers may use documentation already established in accordance with requirements laid down in relevant Union legislation. S.L.427.24 OTHER RESOURCES BY ENERGY RELATED PRODUCTS [

(3) (a) Suppliers shall make the technical documentation available for inspection purposes for a period ending five years after the last product concerned was manufactured.

(b) Suppliers shall make available an electronic version of the technical documentation on request to the Technical Regulations Division and to the Commission within ten working days on receipt of a request by the Technical Regulations Division or the Commission.

(4) Suppliers shall provide the necessary labels free of charge to dealers. Without prejudice to the suppliers’ choice of system for delivery of labels, suppliers shall promptly deliver the labels mentioned in sub-paragraph above following a request from dealers.

(5) Suppliers shall provide, in addition to the label, a product fiche. The fiche shall be included in all product brochures. Where product brochures are not provided by the supplier, the supplier shall provide fiches with other literature provided with the product.

(6) Suppliers shall be responsible for the accuracy of the labels and the fiches that they supply.

(7) Suppliers shall be considered to have given consent to the publication of the information provided on the label or in the fiche.