Article 7 Obligations of approval authorities

F1The approval authority shall only approve vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units that comply with this Regulation F2or, in the case of a relevant NI approval (within the meaning of Article 5A), the EU Type Approval Regulation.

The approval authority shall carry out their duties independently and impartially. F3It must observe confidentiality in order to protect commercial secrets, subject to F4... applicable disclosure requirements laid down in F5the law of the United Kingdom or of any part of the United Kingdom in order to protect the interests of users F6in the United Kingdom.

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For the purpose of enabling F8the market surveillance authority to carry out checks, F9the approval authority shall make available to the market surveillance authority the necessary information related to the type-approval of the vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units that are subject to compliance verification checks. That information shall include at least the information included in the F10GB type-approval certificate and its attachments referred to in Article 28(1). The approval authority shall provide that information to the market surveillance authorities without undue delay.

Where F11the approval authority has been informed in accordance with Chapter XI that a vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit is suspected of presenting a serious risk or of being in non-compliance, it shall take all necessary measures to review the type-approval granted and, where appropriate, correct or withdraw the type-approval depending on the reasons and the seriousness of the deviations demonstrated.