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necessary for checking the conformity of each approved type;
         8.3.3. Ensure that test result data are recorded and that the annexed documents remain available for a period to be determined in agreement with the Type Approval Authority;
         8.3.4. Analyse the results of each type of test, in order to verify and ensure the consistency of characteristics of the vehicle or REESS, making allowance for permissible variations in industrial production;
         8.3.5. Ensure that for each type of vehicle or component type at least the tests prescribed in the relevant part(s) of this Regulation are carried out;
         8.3.6. Ensure that any set of samples or test pieces giving evidence of non-conformity with the type of test in question shall give rise to a further sampling and test. All necessary steps shall be taken to re-establish conformity of the corresponding production.
         8.4. The Type Approval Authority which has granted type approval may at any time verify the conformity control methods applied in each production unit.
         8.4.1. At every inspection, the test records and production records shall be presented to the visiting inspector.
         8.4.2. The inspector may take samples at random to be tested in the manufacturer's laboratory. The minimum number of samples may be determined according to the results of the manufacturer's own checks.
         8.4.3. When the quality level appears unsatisfactory or when it seems necessary to verify the validity of the tests carried out in application of paragraph 8.4.2., the inspector shall select samples to be sent to the technical service which has conducted the type approval tests.
         8.4.4. The competent Authority may carry out any test prescribed in this Regulation.
         8.4.5. The normal frequency of inspections by the Type Approval Authority shall be one per year. If unsatisfactory results are recorded during one of these visits, the Type Approval Authority shall ensure that all necessary steps are taken to re-establish the conformity of production as rapidly as possible.
9. Penalties for non-conformity of production
         9.1. The approval granted in respect of a vehicle/REESS type, pursuant to this Regulation may be withdrawn if the requirements laid down in paragraph 8. above are not complied with, or if the vehicle/REESS or its components fail to pass the tests provided for in paragraph 8.3.5. above.
         9.2. If a Contracting Party to the Agreement applying this Regulation withdraws an approval it has previously granted, it shall forthwith so notify the other Contracting Parties applying this Regulation, by means of a communication form conforming to the Model in Annex 1 (Part 1 or Part 2) to this Regulation.
10. Production definitively discontinued
         If the holder of the approval completely ceases to manufacture a vehicle/REESS type approved in accordance with this Regulation, he shall so inform the