The regulation specifically defines each economic operator’s role in Article 3.
The main definitions can be summarized as:
- Manufacturer – natural or legal person who manufactures a product, or has a product designed or manufactured, and markets that product under its name or trademark
- Importer – natural or legal person established within the EU who places a product from a third country onto the market
- Authorized representative – established in the EU and with a written mandate from the manufacturer to act on their behalf in regard to its legal obligations under the regulation
- Provider of an online marketplace – provides an intermediary service using an online interface that allows consumers to contact distant traders for the sale of products