Source: OJ L 2024/2847, 20.11.2024

Current language: DE

Artikel 21 Fälle, in denen die Pflichten der Hersteller auch für Einführer und Händler gelten


Summary What does Article 21 of the CRA regulation say?

This article establishes a key role-shifting rule: importers and distributors lose their status as such and are treated as manufacturers when they either place a product with digital elements on the market under their own name or trademark, or carry out a substantial modification to a product already on the market.

This is an important bridging provision that connects back to Articles 13 and 14, which set out the core obligations of manufacturers, meaning these reclassified parties inherit the full weight of those manufacturer responsibilities.

Important points:

  • Importers and distributors are reclassified as manufacturers if they market a product under their own name/trademark or substantially modify it.
  • Once reclassified, they become subject to Articles 13 and 14, the primary manufacturer obligations under this regulation.
  • This rule closes a potential loophole, ensuring that rebranding or modifying a product cannot be used to avoid manufacturer-level cybersecurity responsibilities.

Springlex's summary of the article, a reading aid, not a substitute for the legal text.

Ein Einführer oder Händler gilt für die Zwecke dieser Verordnung als Hersteller und unterliegt den in den Artikeln 13 und 14 genannten Pflichten, wenn dieser Einführer oder Händler ein Produkt mit digitalen Elementen unter seinem eigenen Namen oder seiner eigenen Marke in den Verkehr bringt oder eine wesentliche Änderung an einem bereits in den Verkehr gebrachten Produkt mit digitalen Elementen vornimmt.

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