What changes on 12/08/2026
The text in force from 17/07/2012 compared with the text from 12/08/2026.
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Chapter I
- inserted Article 1 - Subject matter
- inserted Article 2 - Scope
- inserted Article 3 - Definitions
Chapter II
- inserted Article 4 - Tasks of economic operators regarding products subject to certain Union harmonisation legislation
- inserted Article 5 - Authorised representative
- inserted Article 6 - Distance sales
- inserted Article 7 - Obligation of cooperation
Chapter III
- inserted Article 8 - Information to economic operators
- inserted Article 9 - Joint activities to promote compliance
Chapter IV
- inserted Article 10 - Designation of market surveillance authorities and the single liaison office
- inserted Article 11 - Activities of market surveillance authorities
- inserted Article 12 - Peer reviews
- inserted Article 13 - National market surveillance strategies
Chapter V
- inserted Article 14 - Powers of market surveillance authorities
- inserted Article 15 - Recovery of costs by market surveillance authorities
- inserted Article 16 - Market surveillance measures
- inserted Article 17 - Use of information, professional and commercial secrecy
- inserted Article 18 - Procedural rights of economic operators
- inserted Article 19 - Products presenting a serious risk
- inserted Article 20 - Rapid Information Exchange System
- inserted Article 21 - Union testing facilities
Chapter VI
- inserted Article 22 - Mutual Assistance
- inserted Article 23 - Requests for enforcement measures
- inserted Article 24 - Procedure for mutual assistance requests
Chapter VII
- inserted Article 25 - Controls on products entering the Union market
- inserted Article 26 - Suspension of release for free circulation
- inserted Article 27 - Release for free circulation
- inserted Article 28 - Refusal to release for free circulation
Chapter VIII
- inserted Article 29 - Union Product Compliance Network
- inserted Article 30 - Composition and functioning of the Network
- inserted Article 31 - Role and tasks of the Network
- inserted Article 32 - Role and tasks of administrative cooperation groups
- inserted Article 33 - Role and tasks of the Commission
- inserted Article 34 - Information and communication system
- inserted Article 35 - International cooperation
Chapter IX
- inserted Article 36 - Financing activities
- inserted Article 37 - Protection of the financial interests of the Union
Chapter X
- inserted Article 38 - Amendments to Directive 2004/42/EC
- inserted Article 39 - Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008
- inserted Article 40 - Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011
Chapter XI
- inserted Article 41 - Penalties
- inserted Article 42 - Evaluation, review and guidelines
- inserted Article 43 - Committee procedure
- inserted Article 44 - Entry into force and application