{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-68/annex-III/division-10/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2014/68",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-68",
  "path": "annex/III/division/10/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Technical documentation",
  "text": "The manufacturer shall establish the technical documentation and make it available to the notified body referred to in point 4.\nThe documentation shall make it possible to assess the conformity of the pressure equipment with the relevant requirements and shall include an adequate analysis and assessment of the risk(s). The technical documentation shall specify the applicable requirements and cover, as far as relevant for the assessment, the design, manufacture and operation of the pressure equipment.\nThe technical documentation shall, wherever applicable, contain at least the following elements:\na general description of the pressure equipment,\nconceptual design and manufacturing drawings and diagrams of components, sub-assemblies, circuits, etc.,\ndescriptions and explanations necessary for an understanding of those drawings and diagrams and the operation of the pressure equipment,\na list of the harmonised standards the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, applied in full or in part, and descriptions of the solutions adopted to meet the essential safety requirements of this Directive where those harmonised standards, have not been applied. In the event of partly applied harmonised standards, the technical documentation shall specify the parts which have been applied,\nresults of design calculations made, examinations carried out, etc.,\ntest reports,\nappropriate details relating to the approval of the manufacturing and test procedures and of the qualifications or approvals of the personnel concerned in accordance with points 3.1.2 and 3.1.3 of Annex I.\nThe manufacturer shall keep the technical documentation at the disposal of the relevant national authorities for 10 years after the pressure equipment has been placed on the market.",
  "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/2014/68/annex/III/division/10/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:42.605150+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."
}