Article 10 of the Directive 2014/53/EU (RED) lists the Obligations of manufacturers in order to place the equipment on the EU market. The following is a summary of some of the important aspects of Obligations of manufacturers:
- When placing their radio equipment on the market, manufacturers should ensure that it has been designed and manufactured in accordance with the essential requirements (see Section 3.1) set out in Article 3 of the Directive 2014/53/EU (RED).
- Manufacturers should ensure that radio equipment should be so constructed that it can be operated in at least one Member State without infringing applicable requirements on the use of radio spectrum.
- Manufacturers should draw up the technical documentation referred to in Article 21 of the Directive 2014/53/EU (RED) and carry out the relevant conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 17 of the Directive 2014/53/EU (RED) or have it carried out.
- Where compliance of radio equipment with the applicable requirements has been demonstrated by that conformity assessment procedure, manufacturers should draw up an EU declaration of conformity and affix the CE marking.
- Manufacturers should keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the radio equipment has been placed on the market.
- Manufacturers should ensure that procedures are in place for series production to remain in conformity with this Directive.
- Manufacturers should ensure that radio equipment which they have placed on the market bears a type, batch or serial number or other element allowing its identification or; where the size or nature of the radio equipment does not allow it, that the required information is provided on the packaging, or in a document accompanying the radio equipment.
- Manufacturers should indicate on the radio equipment their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the postal address at which they can be contacted or; where the size or nature of radio equipment does not allow it, on its packaging, or in a document accompanying the radio equipment.
- Manufacturers should ensure that the radio equipment is accompanied by instructions and safety information in a language which can be easily understood by consumers and other end-users, as determined by the Member State concerned.
- Manufacturers should ensure that each item of radio equipment is accompanied by a copy of the EU declaration of conformity or by a simplified EU declaration of conformity.
- Where a simplified EU declaration of conformity is provided, it should contain the exact internet address where the full text of the EU declaration of conformity can be obtained.
- In cases of restrictions on putting into service or of requirements for authorization of use, information available on the packaging should allow the identification of the Member States or the geographical area within a Member State where restrictions on putting into service or requirements for authorization of use exist. Such information should be completed in the instructions accompanying the radio equipment.
- Manufacturers who consider or have reason to believe that radio equipment which they have placed on the market is not in conformity with this Directive should immediately take the corrective measures necessary to bring that radio equipment into conformity, to withdraw it or to recall it, if appropriate.