Source: OJ L 2024/2847, 20.11.2024

Current language: SV

Artikel 21 Fall där tillverkares skyldigheter gäller för importörer och distributörer


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.

En importör eller distributör ska anses som tillverkare enligt denna förordning och omfattas av artiklarna 13 och 14 om importören eller distributören släpper ut en produkt med digitala element på marknaden i eget namn eller under eget varumärke eller utför en väsentlig ändring av en produkt med digitala element som redan har släppts ut på marknaden.

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