Article 53 Access to data and documentation

Where necessary to assess the conformity of products with digital elementsmeans a software or hardware product and its remote data processing solutions, including software or hardware components being placed on the market separately; and the processes put in place by their manufacturersmeans a natural or legal person who develops or manufactures products with digital elements or has products with digital elements designed, developed or manufactured, and markets them under its name or trademark, whether for payment, monetisation or free of charge; with the essential cybersecuritymeans cybersecurity as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; requirements set out in Annex I, the market surveillance authoritiesmeans a market surveillance authority as defined in Article 3, point (4), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020; shall, upon a reasoned request, be granted access to the data, in a language easily understood by them, required to assess the design, development, production and vulnerabilitymeans a weakness, susceptibility or flaw of a product with digital elements that can be exploited by a cyber threat; handling of such products, including related internal documentation of the relevant economic operatormeans the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer, the distributor, or other natural or legal person who is subject to obligations in relation to the manufacture of products with digital elements or to the making available of products with digital elements on the market in accordance with this Regulation;.