2 Amendments of Pier Antonio PANZERI related to 2013/0049(COD)
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Where a distributor considers or has a reason to believe that a product is not in conformity with this Regulation, he shall not make the product available on the market until it has been brought into conformity. Furthermore, where the product is not safe, the distributor shall inform the manufacturer or the importer, as applicable, to that effect as well as the market surveillance authority of the Member State in which the distributor is established. Where the product is or has been the subject of a decision by the Commission under Article 12 of the Regulation on market surveillance of products XREFX, distributors shall, to protect the health and safety of consumers, carry out sample testing at least once a year on representative samples of the product put up for sale picked randomly under the control of a judicial officer, an authority or any other qualified person designated by each Member State.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Alternatively, distributors may request a professional association which they are a member of, or organise themselves in a professional association for the collective entity, to fulfil their obligations under this article.