http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1092/regulation/34The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 2016texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseHEALTH AND SAFETYCONSUMER PROTECTION2025-03-17Expert Participation2024-10-01 These Regulations transpose Directive 2014/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of member States relating to the making available on the market of simple pressure vessels (recast) (OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p.45) (“the Directive”). PART 2341Following a request from an enforcing authority, and within such period as the authority may specify, a distributor must provide the authority with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate that a vessel is in conformity with Part 2.2A request referred to in paragraph (1)—amay only be made during the period of 10 years beginning on the day on which the vessel was made available on the market; andbmust be accompanied by the reasons for making the request.3The information referred to in paragraph (1)–amay be provided electronically; andbmust be in a language which can easily be understood by the enforcing authority.4A distributor must, at the request of the enforcing authority, cooperate with the authority on any action taken to—aevaluate a vessel in accordance with regulation 58 (evaluation of vessels presenting a risk);beliminate the risks posed by a vessel which the distributor has made available on the market.