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Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.Articles 16 to [F122 and] 26 F2... apply to products covered by [F3any relevant enactment].
2.Each of the provisions of Articles 16 to [F422 and] 26 [F5applies] in so far as there are no specific provisions with the same objective in [F6any relevant enactment].
3.The application of this Regulation [F7does] not prevent market surveillance authorities from taking more specific measures as provided for in [F8the General Product Safety Regulations 2005].
4.For the purposes of Articles 16 to [F922 and] 26, a ‘product’ [F10means] a substance, preparation or good produced through a manufacturing process other than food, feed, living plants and animals, products of human origin and products of plants and animals relating directly to their future reproduction.
5.Articles 27, 28 and 29 F11... apply to all products covered by [F12any relevant enactment] in so far as other [F13enactments do] not contain specific provisions relating to the organisation of border controls.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 15(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 14(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Word in Art. 15(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 14(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 15(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 14(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 15(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 14(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Word in Art. 15(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 14(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 15(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 14(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Word in Art. 15(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 14(e)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Words in Art. 15(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 14(e)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Words in Art. 15(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 14(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10Word in Art. 15(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 14(f); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F11Word in Art. 15(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 14(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F12Words in Art. 15(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 14(g)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F13Words in Art. 15(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 14(g)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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