Placing on the market
“Placing a product on the market” refers to the first time of “making available on the market” of a product.
For example, a manufacturer of household appliances finishes manufacturing a batch of tumble dryers and sells them directly to a home appliance store. At this point, the tumble dryers are placed on the market.
A product is not placed on the market (nor made available) when the product is:
- Produced and will be directly exported to a market outside the EU.
- Still in the stage of testing and validation.
- At the EU customs territory in transit, placed in free zones, warehouses, temporary storage or other special customs procedures.
- Manufactured for own use.