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Article 13 — Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to other persons

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REGULATION (EU) 2023/988 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 10 May 2023 on general product safety, amending Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and the Council, and repealing Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 87/357/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

1. A natural or legal person shall be deemed to be a manufacturer for the purposes of this Regulation and shall be subject to the obligations of the manufacturer set out in Article 9 where that natural or legal person places a product on the market under the natural or legal person’s name or trademark. 2. A natural or legal person, other than the manufacturer, that substantially modifies the product, shall be deemed to be a manufacturer for the purposes of this Regulation and shall be subject to the obligations of the manufacturer set out in Article 9 for the part of the product affected by the modification or for the entire product if the substantial modification has an impact on its safety. 3. A modification of a product, by physical or digital means, shall be deemed to be substantial where it has an impact on the safety of the product and the following criteria are met: (a) the modification changes the product in a manner which was not foreseen in the initial risk assessment of the product; (b) the nature of the hazard has changed, a new hazard has been created or the level of risk has increased because of the modification; and (c) the modifications have not been made by the consumers themselves or on their behalf for their own use.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-08-26