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level1_regulation\nauthority: Commission\nbinding: true\nbinding_character: binding\nmica_level2: false\nlegal_basis: \"Regulation (EU) 2024/2847\"\ninstrument: cra\ncelex: \"32024R2847\"\nregulation: CRA\nregulation-full: \"Regulation (EU) 2024/2847\"\narticle: 23\nstatus: in_force\nobject_id: eu.cra.legal_text.article.23\ntext_version: \"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>Economic operators shall, on request, provide the market surveillance authorities with the following information:\n\n    <a id=\"p-1-a\"></a>**(a)** the name and address of any [economic operator](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/economic-operator) who has supplied them with a [product with digital elements](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/product-with-digital-elements);\n\n    <a id=\"p-1-b\"></a>**(b)** where available, the name and address of any economic operator to whom they have supplied a product with digital elements.\n2. <a id=\"p-2\"></a>Economic operators shall be able to present the information referred to in paragraph 1 for 10 years after they have been supplied with the product with digital elements and for 10 years after they have supplied the product with digital elements.\n\n***\n\n[Chapter II — Obligations of economic operators and provisions in relation to free and open-source software](../chapters/ii.md) · [← Article 22](22.md) · [Article 24 →](24.md)\n"}