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A specimen for a fictional company, Northline Devices, which places an e-reader on the Union market in 2026. The facts are invented and labelled; the rules, dates and evidence lines are the real record.
The profile
- Role
- Manufacturer
- Product
- E-reader, Article 2(1)(e), first placed on the market in 2026
- Result
- In scope. Annex I Section I and Section II apply. Article 7, Article 16, Article 18 and Article 31 apply.
- Microenterprise
- Not relied on. The product duties are not covered by the Article 4(5) service exemption.
The register rows, first eight
| Unit | Title | First action | First evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article 1 | Subject matter | Read Articles 2 to 4 to find the actual duty; Article 1 creates none. | No operator evidence arises from this article on its own. |
| Article 2 | Scope | Inventory every product model and service with the date it was first placed on the market or first provided. | A dated product and service inventory with the first making-available date. |
| Article 3 | Definitions | Record which definition each legal entity and each offer meets. | Headcount and accounts extract for the microenterprise test, dated. |
| Article 4 | Accessibility requirements | Map every model and service to the exact Annex I section that governs it. | An Annex I mapping matrix, one row per model or service, with the section numbers. |
| Article 5 | Existing Union law in the field of passenger transport | Map each transport information duty you already meet to the matching Annex I requirement. | A clause-by-clause mapping from the transport regulation to Annex I Sections III and IV. |
| Article 6 | Free movement | Keep the conformity evidence that lets you claim the protection. | The EU declaration of conformity or the service information that supports the claim. |
| Article 7 | Obligations of manufacturers | Write the technical file to Annex IV before the first unit is placed. | The technical documentation, including the standards applied and the solutions adopted. |
| Article 8 | Authorised representatives | Put the appointment in writing and list the three minimum tasks. | The signed mandate with its task list and its start and end dates. |
The dated plan, first rows
| Date | Action | Owner | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | Freeze the model inventory and the first placing date for each variant | Product lead | Inventory with invoice or customs evidence |
| 2026-11-16 | Map the e-reader against Annex I Section I points 1, 2 and 3 | Design lead | Requirement-by-requirement design file |
| 2026-11-30 | Complete the Section II packaging and lifecycle instruction review | Packaging lead | Artwork, readability check, published instructions |
| 2026-12-14 | Write the Annex IV technical documentation and the EU declaration | Legal ops | File and signed declaration |
| 2026-12-31 | Affix CE marking and start the five-year retention index | Operations | Marking photograph and retention index |
The specimen uses invented dates and a fictional operator; it is not a result for any real product and it is not legal advice. Run the free check for your own facts.