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Step 3: Products from manufacturers established outside the EU that are sold in ‘bricks and mortar’ shops in the EU are in principle placed on the EU market by an importer (16). For such products, the importer is the economic operator referred to in Article 4 (unless the manufacturer has appointed an authorised representative for the tasks under Article 4). Section 4.2 explains what happens if there are multiple importers for the same type of product.
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.