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The end user is any natural or legal person residing or established in the Union, to whom a product has been made available either as a consumer outside of any trade, business, craft or profession or as a professional end user in the course of its industrial or professional activities (174). Union harmonisation legislation does not create obligations for the end-users of the products in their scope (175). This is the case even when there are no responsible economic operators present within the EU (for example, in the context of products sold online and for which an economic operator under Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 is not required. (176). The term thus covers both professional users and consumers. The concept of ‘end use’ by a professional or a consumer is intrinsically related to the concept of ‘intended use’ (177).

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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.