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19.—(1) A manufacturer may, by written mandate, appoint a person established within the EU as their authorised representative to perform specified tasks on that manufacturer’s behalf.
(2) The authorised representative must perform the tasks specified in the mandate.
(3) The mandate must allow the authorised representative to do at least the following—
(a)perform the manufacturer’s obligations under regulation 11 (retention of technical documentation and EU declaration of conformity),
(b)perform the manufacturer’s obligations under regulation 16 (provision of information and cooperation).
(4) The mandate must not include the obligations contained in—
(a)regulation 7 (design and manufacture in accordance with essential requirements),
(b)regulation 9 (technical documentation and conformity assessment), or
(c)regulation 10 (EU declaration of conformity and CE marking).
(5) An authorised representative must comply with all the obligations imposed on the manufacturer by these Regulations which relate to the tasks that the authorised representative is appointed by the manufacturer to perform and, accordingly—
(a)as far as those obligations are concerned, references in these Regulations to the manufacturer are to be taken as including a reference to the authorised representative, and
(b)if the authorised representative contravenes or fails to comply with any of those obligations, the authorised representative may be proceeded against as though the authorised representative was the manufacturer.
(6) A manufacturer who has appointed an authorised representative to perform, on the manufacturer’s behalf, an obligation under these Regulations remains responsible for the proper performance of that obligation.
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