{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-53/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-53/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2013/53",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-53",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Obligations of private importers",
  "text": "1. If the manufacturer does not fulfil the responsibilities for the conformity of the product with this Directive, a private importer, before putting the product into service, shall ensure that it has been designed and manufactured in accordance with the requirements set out in Article 4(1) and Annex I and carry out or have carried out the obligations of the manufacturer set out in Article 7(2),(3),(7) and (9).\n2. If the required technical documentation is not available from the manufacturer, the private importer shall have it drawn up using appropriate expertise.\n3. The private importer shall ensure that the name and address of the notified body which has carried out the conformity assessment of the product is marked on the product.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2013/53/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:51.579226+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."
}