Article 28
Obligations of distributors, importers, users or any other third-party

1. Any distributor, importer, user or other third-party shall be considered a provider for the purposes of this Regulation and shall be subject to the obligations of the provider under Article 16, in any of the following circumstances:

(a) they place on the market or put into service a high-risk AI system under their name or trademark;

(b) they modify the intended purpose of a high-risk AI system already placed on the market or put into service;

(c) they make a substantial modification to the high-risk AI system.

2. Where the circumstances referred to in paragraph 1, point (b) or (c), occur, the provider that initially placed the high-risk AI system on the market or put it into service shall no longer be considered a provider for the purposes of this Regulation.