§4.2.2.6 Identification of economic operators

Economic operators are obliged to keep track of the economic operators they supplied their product to or from whom they bought products for a period of 10 years or other time period provided for in specific Union harmonisation legislation. The end user (consumer) is not covered by this requirement as they are not considered to be economic operators. The way to comply with this requirement by economic operators is not prescribed by Union harmonisation legislation, but it must be noted that market surveillance authorities can ask for relevant documents, including invoices, allowing the origin of the product to be traced. Hence, it could be useful to keep invoices for a longer period than envisaged in accounting legislation to comply with the requirements on traceability.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07