‘manufacturer’ means a natural or legal person who is responsible for all aspects of the type-approval of a vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit, or the individual vehicle approval, or the authorisation process for parts and equipment, for ensuring conformity of production and for market surveillance matters regarding that vehicle, system, component, separate technical unit, part and equipment produced, irrespective of whether or not that person is directly involved in all stages of the design and construction of that vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit concerned;
ciallaíonn “monaróir” duine nádúrtha nó dlítheanach atá freagrach as gach gné de chineálcheadú feithicle, córais, comhpháirte nó aonaid theicniúil ar leithligh, nó as an gceadú feithicle aonair, nó as an bpróiseas údaraithe le haghaidh páirteanna agus trealaimh, as comhréireacht táirgeachta a áirithiú agus as cúrsaí faireachais margaidh i dtaobh na feithicle, an chórais, na comhpháirte, an aonaid theicniúil ar leithligh, na páirte nó an trealaimh sin atá táirgthe, is cuma cé acu atá nó nach bhfuil an duine sin rannpháirteach go díreach i ngach céim de dhearadh agus de thógáil na feithicle, an chórais, na comhpháirte nó an aonaid theicniúil ar leithligh lena mbaineann;