Requirements for making equipment available on the market - Directive 2014/30/EU (EMC Directive)

The obligations of the economic operators (manufacturer, the authorised representative of the manufacturer, importer, distributor) are listed here.

Practical experience of market surveillance has shown that such supply chains sometimes involve economic operators whose novel form means that they do not fit easily into the traditional supply chains according to the existing legal framework. Such is the case, in particular, with fulfilment service providers, which perform many of the same functions as importers but which might not always correspond to the traditional definition of importer in Union law. In order to ensure that market surveillance authorities can carry out their responsibilities effectively and to avoid a gap in the enforcement system, fulfilment service providers are included in the list of economic operators against whom it is possible for market surveillance authorities to take enforcement measures. At the same time, market surveillance authorities will be better able to deal with new forms of economic activity in order to ensure the safety of consumers and the smooth functioning of the internal market (including where the economic operator acts both as an importer as regards certain products and as a fulfilment service provider as regards other products).

The definition, additional details and obligations of the fulfilment service suppliers are available here.