Source: OJ L 2024/2847, 20.11.2024

Current language: FR

Article 21 Cas dans lesquels les obligations des fabricants s’appliquent aux importateurs et aux distributeurs


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.

Un importateur ou un distributeur est considéré comme un fabricant aux fins du présent règlement et est soumis au respect de l’article 13 et de l’article 14 lorsque cet importateur ou ce distributeur met un produit comportant des éléments numériques sur le marché sous son propre nom ou sa propre marque, ou lorsqu’il apporte une modification substantielle à un produit comportant des éléments numériques déjà mis sur le marché.

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