Manufacturer's special marking and information obligations

(1) The manufacturer must ensure that its product bears a type, batch or serial number, or other element allowing its identification, in accordance with subsection (4). Where this is not possible due to the size or nature of the product, the manufacturer must ensure that the information required for identification is provided on the packaging or in a document accompanying the product.
(2) The manufacturer must indicate its name, registered trade name or registered trade mark, and its postal address, on the product at the time of placing it on the market. Where this is not possible due to the size or nature of the product, this information must be provided on the packaging or in a document accompanying the product. The address must indicate a single point at which the manufacturer can be contacted. The contact details must be in a language easily understood by consumers.
(3) The manufacturer must ensure that the product is accompanied by instructions for use and safety information in German, in accordance with subsection (4).
(4) All markings, the instructions for use, and the safety information must be clear, understandable and intelligible, in accordance with the requirements of the statutory instrument to be issued under section 3(2).
(5) The manufacturer must, upon a reasoned request from the market surveillance authority, provide all information and hand over all documents necessary to demonstrate conformity. That information and those documents must be provided and handed over in German or in a language which can be easily understood by the German market surveillance authority. The manufacturer must cooperate with the market surveillance authority, at its request, on any action taken to bring a product it has placed on the market into conformity with the applicable accessibility requirements, and must in particular bring about the product's conformity with those requirements.