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) (c. 765)

CHAPTER I U.K. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions F1 ... apply:

1.

‘making available on the market’ [F2 means] any supply of a product for distribution, consumption or use on the [F3 market of Great Britain] in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge [F4 and related expressions must be construed accordingly];

2.

‘placing on the market’ [F2 means] the first making available of a product on the [F5 market of Great Britain ] [F6 and related expressions must be construed accordingly];

3.

‘manufacturer’ [F2 means] any natural or legal person who manufactures a product or has a product designed or manufactured, and markets that product under his name or trademark;

4.

[F7 “authorised representative” means a person who—

(a)

is established in the United Kingdom; and

(b)

has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on that manufacturer's behalf in relation to specified task with regard to the manufacturer's obligation under any relevant enactment;]

5.

[F8 “importer” means any person established in the United Kingdom who places a product from a country outside of the United Kingdom on the market;]

6.

‘distributor’ [F9 means] any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a product available on the market;

7.

‘economic operators’ [F10 means] the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer and the distributor;

8.

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10.

[F12 “accreditation” means an attestation by a national accreditation body conveying formal recognition that a conformity assessment body is competent to carry out a specific conformity assessment activity;]

11.

[F13 “UK national accreditation body” means the body appointed by the Secretary of State in accordance with Article 4;]

12.

‘conformity assessment’ [F14 means] the process demonstrating whether specified requirements relating to a product, process, service, system, person or body have been fulfilled;

13.

‘conformity assessment body’ [F14 means] a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection;

14.

‘recall’ [F14 means] any measure aimed at achieving the return of a product that has already been made available to the end user;

15.

‘withdrawal’ [F14 means] any measure aimed at preventing a product in the supply chain from being made available on the market;

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17.

‘market surveillance’ [F16 means] the activities carried out and measures taken by public authorities to ensure that products comply with the requirements set out in [F17 any relevant enactment] and do not endanger health, safety or any other aspect of public interest protection;

18.

[F18 “market surveillance authority” means an authority responsible for carrying out market surveillance in the United Kingdom;]

19.

[F19 “the free circulation procedure” means the procedure set out in Schedule 1 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018;]

20.

[F20 “conformity marking” means a marking, such as the UK marking, by which the manufacturer indicates that a product is in conformity with the applicable requirements of any enactment providing for the affixing such a marking;]

21.

[F21 “relevant enactment” means any retained EU law, as it applies in Great Britain, derived from an EU instrument harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products in the EU;]

22.

[F22 “UK marking” means the marking in the form set out in Annex 2.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Art. 2 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. 3(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Word in art. 2(1)-(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. 3(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Word in Art. 2(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. 3(c)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1460, reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 22(3)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in Art. 2(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. 3(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Word in Art. 2(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. 3(d)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1460, reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 22(3)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in Art. 2(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. 3(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Art. 2(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 1(5)

F8 Art. 2(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. 3(f); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F9 Word in Art. 2(6) 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. 3(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F10 Word in Art. 2(7) 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. 3(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F11 Art. 2(8)(9) 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. 3(g); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F12 Art. 2(10) 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. 3(h); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F13 Art. 2(11) 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. 3(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F14 Word in art. 2(12)-(15) 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. 3(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F15 Art. 2(16) 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. 3(j); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F16 Word in Art. 2(17) 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. 3(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F17 Words in Art. 2(17) 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. 3(k); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F18 Art. 2(18) 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. 3(l); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F19 Art. 2(19) 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. 3(m); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F20 Art. 2(20) 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. 3(n); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F21 Art. 2(21) 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. 3(o) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1460, reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 22(3)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F22 Art. 2(22) 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. 3(p); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)