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\"Consolidated version of 20 November 2024\"\nsource_url: \"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R2847-20241120\"\ncheck_status: matched\nverified: true\nlast_checked: 2026-10-26\n---\n\n*In force · Consolidated version of 20 November 2024 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R2847-20241120)*\n\n1. <a id=\"p-1\"></a>A natural or legal person, other than the [manufacturer](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/manufacturer), the [importer](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/importer) or the [distributor](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/distributor), that carries out a [substantial modification](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/substantial-modification) of a [product with digital elements](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/product-with-digital-elements) and makes that product available on the market, shall be considered to be a manufacturer for the purposes of this Regulation.\n2. <a id=\"p-2\"></a>The person referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be subject to the obligations set out in [Articles 13](13.md) and [14](14.md) for the part of the product with digital elements that is affected by the substantial modification or, if the substantial modification has an impact on the [cybersecurity](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/cybersecurity) of the product with digital elements as a whole, for the entire product.\n\n***\n\n[Chapter II — Obligations of economic operators and provisions in relation to free and open-source software](../chapters/ii.md) · [← Article 21](21.md) · [Article 23 →](23.md)\n"}