Article 16Responsible person for products placed on the Union market

1. A product covered by this Regulation shall not be placed on the market unless there is an economic operator established in the Union who is responsible for the tasks set out in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 in respect to that product. Article 4(2) and (3) of that Regulation shall apply to products covered by this Regulation. For the purposes of this Regulation, references to ‘Union harmonisation legislation’ and ‘applicable Union harmonisation legislation’ in Article 4(3) of that Regulation shall be read as ‘this Regulation’.

2. Without prejudice to any obligations of economic operators under this Regulation, in addition to the tasks referred to in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, and to ensure the safety of the product it is responsible for, where appropriate with regard to the possible risks related to a product, the economic operator referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall regularly check:

(a)

that the product complies with the technical documentation referred to in Article 9(2) of this Regulation;

(b)

that the product complies with the requirements provided for in Article 9(5), (6) and (7) of this Regulation.

The economic operator referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall, upon request by the market surveillance authorities, provide documented evidence of the checks performed.

3. The name, registered trade name or registered trade mark, and contact details, including the postal and electronic address, of the economic operator referred to in paragraph 1 shall be indicated on the product or on its packaging, the parcel or an accompanying document.