# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/545 of 4 April 2018 establishing practical arrangements for the railway vehicle authorisation and railway vehicle type authorisation process pursuant to Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Article 52: Archiving of a decision and the full accompanying file for the decision issued in accordance with Article 46

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

1. The decision and the full accompanying file for the decision issued in accordance with Article 46 shall be retained in the one-stop shop for at least 15 years.
2. The full accompanying file for the decision of the authorisation entity issued in accordance with Article 46 shall include all documents used by the authorising entity and the assessment files of the concerned NSAs for the area of use.
3. After the expiry of the retention time set out in paragraph 1, the decision given in accordance with Article 46 for the issue of a vehicle type authorisation and/or a vehicle authorisation for placing on the market, and its full accompanying file shall be moved to a historical archive and kept for a period of five years after the termination of the service life of the vehicle, as recorded in the register referred to in Article 47 of Directive (EU) 2016/797.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/545/article/52 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-545/article-52
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