S.L. 427.57 Art. 9Obligations of manufacturers to apply to importers and distributors.

Importers or distributors shall be considered as manufacturers for the purposes of these regulations and shall furthermore be subject to the provisions of regulation 5 in the case where either of them has placed on the market electrical and electronic equipment under their names or trademarks or modified any electrical and electronic equipment which has already been placed on the market in such a way that compliance with the applicable requirements may be affected.