1. This Regulation lays down rules prohibiting economic operators from placing and making available on the Union market or exporting from the Union market products made with forced labour in order to improve the functioning of the internal market, while contributing to the fight against forced labour.

2. This Regulation does not cover the withdrawal of products which have reached end users in the Union market.

3. This Regulation does not create additional due diligence obligations for economic operators other than those already provided for in Union or national law.