{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-42/annex-II/division-6/division-6.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-42/annex-II/division-6/division-6.1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1993/42",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-42",
  "path": "annex/II/division/6/division/6.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "6.1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The manufacturer or his authorised representative must, for a period ending at least five years, and in the case of implantable devices at least 15 years, after the last product has been manufactured, keep at the disposal of the national authorities:\nthe declaration of conformity,\nthe documentation referred to in the fourth indent of Section 3.1 and in particular the documentation, data and records referred to in the second paragraph of Section 3.2,\nthe changes referred to in Section 3.4,\nthe documentation referred to in Section 4.2, and\nthe decisions and reports from the notified body as referred to in Sections 3.3, 4.3, 4.4, 5.3 and 5.4.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive 2007/47/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 amending Council Directive 90/385/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices, Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices and Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Directive 2007/47/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 amending Council Directive 90/385/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices, Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices and Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1993/42/annex/II/division/6/division/6.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:18.816106+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}