The European Union laws require compliance with specific product legislations in order to place such products on the EU market (such as: Toy Safety Directive, Machinery Safety Directive, Low Voltage Directive and more). In addition to those laws, there are also laws which regulate the manufacturer “behaviour” - before, during and after - the product was placed on the EU market.
A key example for such a legislation is the NEW Regulation 2019/1020/EU – on Market Surveillance and Compliance of Products - which will enter into force on the 16 th of July 2021. This regulation will consolidate the current surveillance and enforcement activities by the European Authorities, especially within e-commerce and online trade, that will impact major retailers such as AMAZON.
Amongst the NEW requirements by Regulation 2019/1020/EU, it will require any manufacturer (brand owner) with a registered address outside the European Union to designate an Authorized Representative within the European Union – by means of a legal mandate signed by both parties.
Providing its name and EU address to be made available on product labels sold under the name or trade names of the Non-EU manufacturer.
Ensure that the technical documentation (of the product) have been drawn up by the Non-EU manufacturer.
Cooperate with any request by the EU Surveillance Authorities, on behalf of the Non-EU manufacturer.
Keeping the technical documentation available for inspection by the EU Authorities, on behalf of the Non-EU manufacturer.
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Part 1: EU Compliance Check & Testing (when required)
Part 2: Authorized Representative & EU Consultancy
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Obelis has registered over 15,000 cosmetic products in Europe, helping more than 3,000 companies over 70 countires to sell their products on the European market.
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Additional activities many be indicated in the mandate signed between the Authorized Representative and the Non-EU manufacturer.
THE SOLUTION
With over 30 years of service as an Authorized Representative in the European Union, covering almost all EU legislations requiring an Authorized Representative, Obelis offers the services of a professional agency for European Authorized Representative services.
Obelis Group will provide a complete solution covering the requirements of Regulation 2019/1020 on Authorized Representatives, as mentioned above with several additional services (product registrations, consultancy, regulatory news & updates, training, trade-mark submissions and more) – all aimed to support non-European sellers to place their products on the market.
In addition to that, Obelis Group partnered with TUV Rheinland to create a complete solution to online traders such as AMAZON sellers.
The solution consists of 2 parts:
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The basic role of the Authorized Representative is indicated in Article 4.3: