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What is a market withdrawal?

A market withdrawal is the removal from the market of any products which contravene the regulatory requirement, or are subject to an enforcement notice.

This means any products which have been first placed on the European market since the coming into force of the regulations. Those products may be: in storage, at a distribution centre, in retail outlets, in transport, awaiting further incorporation into other products or indeed already in use by businesses or consumers.

This definition covers all the possible locations of product once it has been first placed upon the market. This might be from the point at which it is imported, but may also be the point immediately after it is manufactured and placed in storage or distribution.

Within the Eco-design for Energy Using Products Regulations 2007 there are two situations that might require market withdrawal. Firstly, Regulation 8 provides for situations where the non-conformity comes to the attention of the business and it is not possible to take steps to bring the product into conformity, often this will be because it is physically unavailable or the cost of alterations is too great. Secondly, Regulation 21 covers situations where the enforcement authority has discovered non-compliance and by “enforcement notice” requires the business to undertake a market withdrawal.

To download the appropriate market withdrawal form please choose from the following:
download Market Withdrawal Form for EuP pdf
download Withdrawal Protocol draft version 2.3 revised pdf