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make sure that the necessary corrective action is taken immediately to remedy any non-compliance with the EU harmonisation legislation applicable to the product in question or, if that is not possible, to mitigate the risks presented by the product. The action could involve bringing the product into conformity, withdrawing it or recalling it, as appropriate (29). The economic operator referred to in Article 4 does not have to take corrective action or mitigate the risk itself if that economic operator is not obliged to do so under the sector-specific legislation, but must ensure that action is taken, e.g. by asking the manufacturer to respond to the request and verifying that it has done so.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.