Keep the magnet information complete, current and accurate, and available for the product's typical lifetime plus ten years -- surviving insolvency, liquidation or exit from the Union -- and accessible to repairers, recyclers, market surveillance and customs.
Anyone placing listed products containing permanent magnets on the Union market must comply, and this is law in force.
Why it matters
This is law in force, not a proposal.
- It is Art. 28(7), in the Critical Raw Materials Act. as of 2026-08-18
- The act gives its timing as: Two years after the labelling implementing act. as of 2026-08-18
- It names 2 industries by name: Automotive and Clean tech. as of 2026-08-18
- Compliance is checked by competent authority, continuous. as of 2026-08-18
The rule
a listed product incorporating a permanent magnet placed on the market
Keep the magnet information complete, current and accurate, and available for the product's typical lifetime plus ten years -- surviving insolvency, liquidation or exit from the Union -- and accessible to repairers, recyclers, market surveillance and customs.
Who is affected
Burden drivers
Source text
The natural or legal person placing a product referred to in paragraph 3 on the market shall ensure that information referred to in paragraph 4 is complete, up-to-date, and accurate and remains available for a period at least equal to the product’s typical lifetime plus 10 years, including after an insolvency, a liquidation or a cessation of activity in the Union of the natural or legal person responsible. That person may authorise another natural or legal person to act on their behalf. The information referred to in paragraph 4 shall refer to the product model or, where the information differs between units of the same model, to a particular batch or unit. The information referred to in paragraph 4 shall be accessible to repairers, recyclers, market surveillance authorities and customs authorities.
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