PART 2Prohibitions and Obligations on Economic Operators

Distributors

Duty to act with due care and prohibition on making EEE available on the market29.

(1)

When making EEE available on the market, a distributor must act with due care in relation to the requirements applicable, in particular by verifying that—

(a)

the EEE bears the CE marking;

(b)

the EEE is accompanied by the required documents in a language which can be easily understood by consumers and other end-users in the Member State in which the EEE is to be made available on the market;

(c)

the manufacturer has complied with regulation 18 (information identifying EEE and manufacturer);

(d)

the importer has complied with regulation 24 (information identifying importers).

(2)

A distributor must not make EEE available on the market if the distributor has reason to believe that the EEE does not comply with the requirements of regulation 3.