# Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC (Text with EEA relevance), Article 12: Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

An importer or distributor shall be considered a manufacturer for the purposes of this Regulation and he shall be subject to the obligations of the manufacturer set out in Article 8 where he places PPE on the market under his name or trademark or modifies PPE already placed on the market in such a way that compliance with this Regulation may be affected.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/425/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-425/article-12
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