The Making Available on the Market and Supervision of Transfers of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 No. 366

PART 3 SUB-PART A: MAKING AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET – OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS, SUB-PART B: CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT, SUB-PART C: NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES

IMPORTERS AND DISTRIBUTORS

Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors

27.  An economic operator (“ A”) who would, but for this regulation, be considered an importer or distributor, is to be considered a manufacturer for the purposes of this Part and is subject to the obligations of a manufacturer under this Part, where A—

(a) places a civil explosive on the market under A’s own name or trade mark; or

(b) modifies a civil explosive already placed on the market in such a way that it may affect whether the civil explosive is in conformity with this Part.