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Article 41 – Formal non-compliance

PPE Personal Protective Equipment Regulation (EU) 2016/425 · Consolidated version of 29 May 2026 · Official text on EUR-Lex

CHAPTER VI – UNION MARKET SURVEILLANCE, CONTROL OF PPE ENTERING THE UNION MARKET AND UNION SAFEGUARD PROCEDURE

1. Without prejudice to Article 38, where a Member State makes one of the following findings, it shall require the relevant economic operator to put an end to the non-compliance concerned:

(a) the CE marking has been affixed in violation of Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 or of Article 17 of this Regulation;

(b) the CE marking has not been affixed;

(c) the identification number of the notified body involved in the production control phase has been affixed in violation of Article 17 or has not been affixed;

(d) the EU declaration of conformity has not been drawn up or has not been drawn up correctly;

(e) the technical documentation is either not available or not complete;

(f) the information referred to in Article 8(6) or Article 10(3) is absent, false or incomplete;

(g) any other administrative requirement provided for in Article 8 or Article 10 is not fulfilled.

2. Where the non-compliance referred to in paragraph 1 persists, the Member State concerned shall take all appropriate measures to restrict or prohibit the PPE being made available on the market or ensure that it is recalled or withdrawn from the market.

CHAPTER VIa

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

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