Article 2Scope

1. This Regulation applies to products that are placed or made available on the market insofar as there are no specific provisions with the same objective under Union law which regulate the safety of the products concerned.

Where products are subject to specific safety requirements imposed by Union law, this Regulation applies only to those aspects and risks or categories of risks which are not covered by those requirements.

With regard to products subject to specific requirements imposed by Union harmonisation legislation as defined in Article 3, point (27):

(a)

Chapter II does not apply insofar as the risks or categories of risks covered by Union harmonisation legislation are concerned;

(b)

Chapter III, Section 1, Chapters V and VII and Chapters IX to XI do not apply.

2. This Regulation does not apply to:

(a)

medicinal products for human or veterinary use;

(b)

food;

(c)

feed;

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