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Fulfilment service provider responsible according to M\u00fcG<\/h2>\n

2021-11-17 The fulfilment service provider according to M\u00fcG (Market Surveillance Act) is often responsible for products itself – more comprehensively than many believe. Feat or challenge? In M\u00fcG, fulfilment service providers are held accountable, according to M\u00dcVO and ProdSG 2021.<\/p>\n

The EU is asking for it<\/h2>\n

According to the Market Surveillance Regulation (M\u00dcVO), certain products, for example machines, pressure equipment, measuring devices, etc., may only be placed on the market in the EU if an economic operator based in the EU fulfills the required tasks. If the manufacturer, importer, authorized representative are located in a third country, then the fulfilment service provider is responsible. The M\u00fcG serves the implementation of the M\u00dcVO and additionally covers products in the scope of the Product Safety Act ProdSG 2021 (\u00a7 1 M\u00fcG).<\/p>\n

Fulfilment service provider already with storage and packaging<\/h2>\n

Fulfilment service provider is any natural or legal person who offers at least two of the following services as part of a business activity: Warehousing, packaging, addressing and shipping of products to which it has no ownership rights (Art. 3 No. 11 M\u00dcVO).<\/p>\n

As an economic operator, the fulfilment service provider must comply with obligations under EU law when making products available on the market (see Art. 3 No. 13 M\u00dcVO). It is subject to the measures of the competent market surveillance authorities for monitoring and intervention.<\/p>\n

Fulfilment service provider according to M\u00fcG needs safe products<\/h2>\n

The fulfilment service provider becomes an addressee of market surveillance measures if he is involved in making unsafe products available on the market.<\/p>\n

He must help to ensure that only safe consumer products are made available on the market (Section 6 (6) ProdSG); he must report unsafe products to the market surveillance authority.<\/p>\n

According to Art. 4 M\u00dcVO, the fulfilment service provider, as the responsible economic operator, must do the following, among other things:<\/p>\n