EU authorities prefer if the file is held by a European entity, but donot insist on that. However, there appears to be an unwritten law that expects you to be able to produce the darn thing with 24 hour notice. There is genberal unhappiness with the fact that some manufacturers don't seem to be able to do that, for silly reasons such as bankruptcy and such. Hence the proposed new CTE wants all files held by a competent body, which is not allowed to look at the darn thing, just hold it. Even the most liberal of the competent bodies object to becoming a filing cabinet, so we'll see what happens.
Regards, Vic
