Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the… Article 10

Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors

Article 10

An importer or distributor shall be considered a manufacturer for the purposes of this Directive and he shall be subject to the obligations of the manufacturer under Article 6, where he places a product on the market under his name or trade mark or modifies a product already placed on the market in such a way that compliance with this Directive may be affected.

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