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.