Module 3 · Chapter 7

CE Marking and Product Recalls: the Importer’s Duties

A machine sold in the EU must meet its safety rules, and someone there must answer for it. This chapter shows what the maker and the importer each check, and who acts on a fault.

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In this chapter

  • What the maker must do before a machine leaves its factory
  • What the importer checks, adds and keeps for each machine
  • Who reports a fault, who decides the fix and who pays for it

7.1Product safety in one paragraph

Every machine sold in the EU must meet the safety rules there, and the maker proves on paper that it does. Cressby is outside the EU, so Tullavane answers for each machine too, as the importer. It checks each machine before supplying it and adds its own name. When a fault appears, the law says what the importer must tell the authorities, and the Agreement says who decides the fix and who pays.

Key point

Cressby makes each machine safe, and Tullavane answers for it in Ireland. The Agreement splits the work between them, but the law’s duties to the authorities come first.

Also in this chapter

  1. The maker’s duties: the CE marking and its papers
  2. The importer: Tullavane’s checks and its name on each machine
  3. A faulty valve: reporting it and fixing it
  4. Your job

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