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4 - Where and by whom are the blocks produced?
It is very IMPORTANT to identify the manufacturer or the importer of glass blocks in the EU. We can understand from this information the quality and degree of accuracy with which the blocks have been produced, as well as their compliance with the European standards. SEVES always guarantees to its clients (installers, users, etc.) that its products comply with the requirements for top-of-the-range glass blocks classified according to the various national and international standards.
Each country has its proper standards and regulations regarding the import and marketing of products manufactured in or imported from non-EU Countries. For example, in Italy European standards on import and marketing of products manufactured in or imported from non-EU Countries are applied according to the provisions set down in the “Consumer Code” (Legislative Decree 206/2005).
This “code” establishes that various identifying data must be clearly marked on the packages containing consumer products, including the name of the importer, and as from 1 January 2007, also the country of origin if this is not a EU Member State.
The Consumer Code also imposes certain obligations on the importer of non-EU products with regard to product safety, including liability for damage deriving from defective products and the sale of consumer goods.
In the event of the products infringing any of the industrial or intellectual property rights, these obligations also include the responsibilities established by the Code of Industrial Property, by the copyright law, by EC Regulation n. 40/94 concerning Community trademarks, by EC Regulation n. 02/6 concerning community drawings and models, and also responsibilities emerging from EC Regulation n. 1383/2003 regarding the power of customs authorities to act in case of infringement of intellectual property rights.
As far as industrial property rights (such as trademarks) or intellectual property rights (such as copyrights) are concerned, it is necessary to remember that not only anyone who materially places a counterfeit trademark on products will be prosecuted, but also anyone who sells products bearing a counterfeit trademark.
All subjects who distribute glass blocks in Italy that have been produced outside European countries bearing indications on the packaging that could induce the consumer to a false knowledge on the real origin of the product will be prosecuted under art. 517 of the Italian Criminal Code. Its application means up to one year detention or a fine of up to 20.000 Euro, and docketing of the sentence.
Glass blocks produced in a foreign country bearing the validly registered Seves trademark can be imported.
Particular attention must also be paid to the distribution of products bearing the trademark of an Italian or European country, but which are in actual fact manufactured outside Europe, as there are regulations that protect consumers from inexact information regarding the origin of the products. SEVES, the only worldwide producer, guarantees quality and customer care for its own products irrespective of the geographic location of its plants.
In each country the distributor and the installer must verify the existence of the same standards and regulations- such as EU regulations that apply to ALL the European Union territory - similar standards (as for the ones adopted by each EU Member State to achieve the objectives contained in EU Directives) or national rules that could lay down special obligations for the distributor or installer.
SEVES TECHNICAL AND SALES DEPARTMENTS ARE IN ANY CASE ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR ASSISTING THEIR CUSTOMERS BY PROVIDING ALL THAT IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE CORRECT DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF THEIR GLASS BLOCKS.
Tel. +39 055 44951
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