# Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC (Text with EEA relevance), Division 8

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Each approved body shall inform the Secretary of State concerning the ... type-examination certificates and/or any additions thereto which it has issued or withdrawn, and shall, periodically or upon request, make available to the Secretary of State the list of such certificates and/or any additions thereto refused, suspended or otherwise restricted.
Each approved body shall inform the other approved bodies concerning the ... type-examination certificates and/or any additions thereto which it has refused, withdrawn, suspended or otherwise restricted, and, upon request, concerning such certificates and/or additions thereto which it has issued.
The Secretary of State and the other approved bodies may, on request, obtain a copy of the ... type-examination certificates and/or additions thereto. The Secretary of State may on request obtain a copy of the technical documentation and the results of the examinations carried out by the approved body.
The approved body shall keep a copy of the ... type-examination certificate, its annexes and additions, as well as the technical file including the documentation submitted by the manufacturer, for a period of five years after the expiry of the validity of that certificate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/425/annex/V/division/EU/division/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-425/annex-V/division-EU/division-8
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