Putting a Product into Service

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Identification
Putting a Product into Service
Source
New Approach
Definitions
Putting a Product into Service:

takes place at the moment of first use within the Community by the end user.

A product must comply with the applicable New Approach directives when it is placed on the Community market for the first time and put into service.

When the product is put into service at the workplace, the employer is to be considered as the end user
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obligations
Member States are obliged:

not to prohibit, restrict or impede the placing on the market and putting into service of products that comply with the applicable New Approach directives

take any measures necessary to ensure that products are placed on the market and put into service:

the product does not endanger the safety and health of persons,
the product complies to the applicable directives, when correctly constructed, installed, maintained, and used in accordance with its purpose.

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Identification	Putting a Product into Service
Source	New Approach
Definitions	Putting a Product into Service: takes place at the moment of first use within the Community by the end user. A product must comply with the applicable New Approach directives when it is placed on the Community market for the first time and put into service. When the product is put into service at the workplace, the employer is to be considered as the end user
Member States obligations	Member States are obliged: not to prohibit, restrict or impede the placing on the market and putting into service of products that comply with the applicable New Approach directives take any measures necessary to ensure that products are placed on the market and put into service: the product does not endanger the safety and health of persons, the product complies to the applicable directives, when correctly constructed, installed, maintained, and used in accordance with its purpose.