Article 24: Distributor Obligations
Article 24 requires distributors — anyone in the supply chain other than the provider or importer who makes a high-risk system available on the market — to verify before doing so that the system bears the required CE marking, is accompanied by the EU declaration of conformity, and that the provider and importer have met their respective obligations.
- 02 Dec 2027 Coupled to the Annex III high-risk applicability date
- 02 Aug 2028 For Annex I embedded high-risk systems
- Verify CE marking, the EU declaration of conformity, and accompanying documentation before making the system available on the market.
- Verify that the provider and importer, where applicable, have complied with their respective obligations.
- Ensure storage or transport conditions under the distributor's control do not jeopardise the system's conformity.
- Take corrective action, or inform the provider, importer, or relevant authorities, if there is reason to consider the system non-conformant.
- Verification record of CE marking and declaration of conformity before distribution
Distributors — including resellers and app-store style platforms — often assume they carry no legal duties because they did not build the system; Article 24 imposes an active pre-distribution verification duty, not a passive pass-through role.
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