Market Responsibility Split Checker

A manufacturing site outside a market cannot hold that market’s regulatory duty, so the duty always lands with one of the parties in your own supply chain. Answer the questions below and the tool names the party the rules point at, with the article it comes from.

For the related manufacturing scope and project requirements, see NEXO cosmetic manufacturing.

European Union

Configure your operational role within the EU market.

Your role in the Union

Sold under your name/trademark

Modify product after on market

Have you handed the role on by written mandate

System Assessment Result

Pending input… Choose your role in the Union, then select “Show Who Carries the Duty”.

The Four Cases in Full

Overview of responsibility assignment based on operational status.

Your situation	Who carries the duty	Article
You import the finished product into the Union	The importer, for the specific product it places on the market	4(5)
The importer prefers to hand the role to a specialist	Another person established within the Union, designated by written mandate and accepting in writing	4(5)
You place the product under your own name or trademark as a distributor	You do, as distributor	4(6)
You modify a product already on the market so compliance may be affected	You do; translating information alone is not a modification	4(6)

United States: Registration Cycle

A manufacturing facility registers with FDA and renews that registration every two years. Product listing is separate: the responsible person named on the label lists each product and updates that listing annually.

Months since last registration

Cycle length in months