An importer or distributor shall be considered to be a manufacturer for the purposes of this Regulation, and shall be subject to the obligations of the manufacturer set out in Articles 10 and 11, where that importer or distributor places a product within the scope of this Regulation on the market under its name or trademark or modifies a product already placed on the market in such a way that compliance with the applicable requirements might be affected.
Article 17 – Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors
‹ Article 16 – Obligations of distributors of partly completed machineryArticle 18 – Other cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply ›
“Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors” in other acts
- ATEX – Article 10
- CPR – Article 15
- CPR 2024 – Article 26
- CRA – Article 21
- EMC – Article 11
- ESPR – Article 34
- LVD – Article 10
- NLF 768 – Article R6
- PED – Article 10
- PPE – Article 12
- RED – Article 14
- RoHS – Article 11
- TSD – Article 8
Contents of the act: Machinery Regulation (from 20 Jan 2027)