PART 3SUB-PART A: MAKING AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET – OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS, SUB-PART B: CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT, SUB-PART C: NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES
IMPORTERS AND DISTRIBUTORS
Storage and transport26
Each importer and distributor must ensure that, while a civil explosive is under their responsibility, its storage or transport conditions do not jeopardise its conformity with the essential safety requirements.
Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors27
An economic operator (“A”) who would, but for this regulation, be considered an importer or distributor, is to be considered a manufacturer for the purposes of this Part and is subject to the obligations of a manufacturer under this Part, where A—
a
places a civil explosive on the market under A's own name or trade mark; or
b
modifies a civil explosive already placed on the market in such a way that it may affect whether the civil explosive is in conformity with this Part.