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Directive 2001/95/EC

Preamble
Recitals 40
Chapter I - Objective — Scope — Definitions (Article 1-2) 2
Chapter II - General safety requirement, conformity assessment criteria and European standards (Article 3-4) 2
Chapter III - Other obligations of producers and obligations of distributors (Article 5) 1
Chapter IV - Specific obligations and powers of the Member States (Article 6-10) 5
Chapter V - Exchanges of information and rapid intervention situations (Article 11-13) 3
Chapter VI - Committee procedures (Article 14-15) 2
Chapter VII - Final provisions (Article 16-24) 9
Annexes 4

producer

Defined in Article 2, Directive 2001/95/EC

Definitions over time (1)

01/01/2010 – today applies on 11/11/2026 Article 2, Directive 2001/95/EC Scope: Whole act

‘producer’ shall mean: the manufacturer of the product, when he is established in the Community, and any other person presenting himself as the manufacturer by affixing to the product his name, trade mark or other distinctive mark, or the person who reconditions the product; the manufacturer's representative, when the manufacturer is not established in the Community or, if there is no representative established in the Community, the importer of the product; other professionals in the supply chain, insofar as their activities may affect the safety properties of a product;

Used in (24 places in 12 provisions on 11/11/2026)

Directive 2001/95/EC (24 in 12)

Recital 4 · Recital 13 · Recital 19 · Recital 21 · Recital 22 · Recital 23 · Article 2² · Article 3 · Article 5⁸ · Article 6 · Article 8⁴ · Article 12²