Article 11 — Obligations of distributors

1. Where making a detergent or surfactant available on the market, distributors shall act with due care in relation to the requirements of this Regulation. 2. Before making a detergent or surfactant available on the market, distributors shall verify that: (a) the detergent or surfactant is accompanied by the required documents and by a label containing the information referred to in Article 17(3) and (4), in the conditions set out in Article 17(5); (b) where a digital label is provided, the requirements in Article 19(1), points (a), (d), (e) and (h), Article 19(2) and, where applicable, Article 17(2), Article 18(2) and Article 19(3) are met; and (c) the data carrier is available in accordance with Article 21(4). 3. Distributors making available on the market in another Member State detergents or end-user surfactants for which an ingredients data sheet is to be provided in accordance with Article 8(6) shall submit to the appointed body in that Member State the ingredients data sheet before making the product available therein, and update the ingredients data sheet where needed, unless they can demonstrate that the appointed body already received the same information from another economic operator. Distributors shall keep the information contained in the ingredients data sheet confidential. 4. Where distributors consider or have reason to believe that a detergent or surfactant is not in compliance with this Regulation, they shall not make it available on the market until it has been brought into conformity. Furthermore, where the detergent or surfactant poses a risk to human health or the environment, distributors shall inform the market surveillance authorities, the manufacturer and, where relevant, the authorised representative or the importer to that effect. 5. Distributors shall ensure that, while a detergent or surfactant is under their responsibility, its storage or transport conditions do not jeopardise its compliance with this Regulation. 6. Where distributors consider or have reason to believe that a detergent or a surfactant which they have made available on the market is not in compliance with this Regulation, they shall inform immediately and cooperate with the manufacturer or importer, as applicable, and the competent national authorities and shall ensure that the corrective action necessary to bring the detergent or surfactant into conformity, to withdraw it or to recall it, as appropriate, is taken. Furthermore, where distributors consider or have reason to believe that a detergent or surfactant which they have made available on the market poses a risk to human health or to the environment, they shall immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States in which they made it available on the market to that effect, giving details, in particular, of any non-compliance and of any corrective action taken. 7. Distributors shall, further to a reasoned request from a competent national authority, provide it with all the information and documentation, in electronic format and, on request, in paper format, necessary to demonstrate the compliance with this Regulation of a detergent or surfactant. Distributors shall cooperate with that authority, at its request, on any action taken to eliminate the risks posed by a detergent or surfactant which they have made available on the market.