{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-305/article-16C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-305/article-16C.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2011/305",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-305",
  "path": "article/16C",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16C",
  "heading": "Obligations on a distributor which are met by complying with obligations in the EU Construction Products Regulation",
  "text": "1. Paragraph 2 applies where:\n(a) a construction product is covered by a standard which:\n(i)) is designated under Article 18B(1)(b); or\n(ii)) becomes a designated standard under Article 18B(2); and\n(b) before making the product available on the market, a distributor:\n(i)) finds that the product does not bear the UK marking; and\n(ii)) ensures that:\n(aa)) the product bears the CE marking, or in the case of a product to which regulation 4(2)(b) of the Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 applies, the CE marking accompanied by the UK(NI) indication;\n(bb)) the product is accompanied by the ‘documents required’ referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 305/2011 or Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 and by instructions and safety information in English;\n(cc)) the manufacturer has complied with Article 11(4) and (5) of this Regulation; and\n(dd)) the importer has complied with Article 13(3) of this Regulation.\n2. Where this paragraph applies:\n(a) the requirements on the distributor in the first subparagraph of Article 14(2) are to be treated as satisfied;\n(b) Article 14 has effect as if any reference to a declaration of performance were a reference to the declaration of performance drawn up by the manufacturer in accordance with Articles 4 and 6 of Regulation (EU) 305/2011 or a reference to the declaration of performance and conformity drawn up by the manufacturer in accordance with Articles 13 and 15 of Regulation (EU) 2024/3110.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 16A-16C inserted (31.12.2020) by The Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/465), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17 (with Sch. 1 para. 70) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1359, reg. 1, Sch. 1 paras. 9, 17); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 16C(1)(b)(ii)(bb) substituted (8.1.2026) by The Construction Products (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1172), regs. 1(1), 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 16C(2)(b) substituted (8.1.2026) by The Construction Products (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1172), regs. 1(1), 6(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/305/article/16C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:14.270438+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}