The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012 No. 3032

PART 2 U.K. Prohibitions and Obligations on Economic Operators

Distributors U.K.

Duty in certain circumstances to comply with manufacturers’ duties in place of distributors’ duties U.K.

32.  A distributor who modifies EEE already placed on the market in such a way that compliance with the requirements of regulation 3 may be affected must comply with all of the duties imposed by these Regulations on manufacturers, and in such a case, a reference to the manufacturer in these Regulations is to be taken as being a reference to the distributor.