S.L. 33.7 Art. 7Obligations of the manufacturer.

(1) When placing their explosives on the market or when using them for their own purposes, manufacturers shall ensure that they have been designed and manufactured in accordance with the requirements set out in Schedule II.

(2) Manufacturers shall draw up the technical documentation referred to in Schedule III and have the relevant conformity assessment procedure referred to in regulation 15 carried out.

Where compliance of an explosive with the applicable requirements has been demonstrated by that procedure, manufacturers shall draw up an EU declaration of conformity and affix the CE marking.

(3) Manufacturers shall keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the explosive has been placed on the market.

(4) Manufacturers shall ensure that procedures are in place for series production to remain in conformity with these regulations. Changes in design or characteristics of the explosive and changes in the harmonised standards or in other technical specifications by reference to which conformity of an explosive is declared shall be adequately taken into account.

(5) Manufacturers shall ensure that explosives which they have placed on the market bear a unique identification in accordance with the system for the identification and traceability of explosives set out in regulation 13. For explosives excluded from that system, manufacturers shall:

(a) ensure that explosives which they have placed on the market bear a type, batch or serial number or other element allowing their identification, or, where the small size, shape or design of the explosive does not allow it, that the required information is provided on its packaging or in a document accompanying the explosive;

(b) indicate on the explosive their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the postal address at which they can be contacted or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or in a document accompanying the explosive. The address shall indicate a single point at which the manufacturer can be contacted. The contact details shall be in at least the Maltese or the English language.

(6) Manufacturers shall ensure that explosives which they have placed on the market are accompanied by instructions and safety information in at least the Maltese or the English language. Such instructions and safety information, as well as any labelling, shall be clear, understandable and intelligible.

(7) Manufacturers who consider or have reason to believe that an explosive which they have placed on the market is not in conformity with these regulations shall immediately take the corrective measures necessary to bring that explosive into conformity, to withdraw it or recall it, if appropriate. Furthermore, where the explosive presents a risk, manufacturers shall immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States in which they made the explosive available on the market to that effect, giving details, in particular, of the non-compliance and of any corrective measures taken.

(8) Manufacturers shall, further to a reasoned request from the Commissioner of Police or from the Technical Regulations Division, provide it with all the information and documentation in paper or electronic form necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the explosive with these regulations, in at least the Maltese or the English language. They shall cooperate with that authority, at its request, on any action taken to eliminate the risks posed by explosives which they have placed on the market.