A producer, when acting in a professional capacity, is the manufacturer of a finished product, the producer of a raw material, the manufacturer of a component part.
Any person acting in a professional capacity is treated in the same way as a producer for the purposes of this chapter:
1° Who presents himself as a producer by affixing his name, trade mark or other distinctive sign to the product;
2° Who imports a product into the European Community with a view to sale, hire, with or without a promise to sell, or any other form of distribution.
Persons whose liability may be sought on the basis of articles 1792 à 1792-6 and 1646-1.