PART 2Prohibitions and Obligations on Economic Operators

Distributors

Non-compliant EEE30

1

If a distributor has reason to believe that EEE which the distributor was intending to make available on the market does not comply with the requirements of regulation 3, the distributor must inform the following to that effect—

a

the importer (if there is one);

b

the manufacturer (if there is no importer); and

c

the market surveillance authority.

2

A distributor who has reason to believe that EEE which the distributor has made available on the market is not in conformity with these Regulations must—

a

take the corrective measures which are necessary to ensure that the provision is complied with in relation to the EEE, withdraw the EEE or recall it, if appropriate; and

b

immediately provide the market surveillance authority and the competent national authorities of any other member States in which they made the EEE available with information about the non-compliance and any corrective measures taken under sub-paragraph (a).