Amendment to Article 5E+W+S
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59. In Article 5 (national authority for assigning the unique code of the manufacturer)—
(a)in the heading for “National authority” substitute “ UK national body ”;
(b)in paragraph 1 for “Each Member State shall designate the national authority or the” substitute “ The Secretary of State may designate the UK ”;
(c)omit paragraph 2;
(d)after paragraph 2 insert—
“3. In the absence of a designation under paragraph 1, the Secretary of State is responsible for assigning the unique code of the manufacturer.”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 28 para. 59 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1