Amendments to Article 2U.K.
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3.—(1) Article 2 (definitions) is amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph 9, insert—
“9A. ‘relevant enactment’ means any retained EU law which is derived from an EU instrument issued before [IP completion day] harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products in the EU;
9B. ‘the EU Construction Products Regulation’ means Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as it has effect in EU law as amended from time to time;.”
(3) In paragraph 10—
(a)for “harmonised”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “ designated ”;
(b)for “European” substitute “ UK ”.
(4) After paragraph 10, insert—
“10A. ‘designated standard’ means a standard which is or becomes designated under Article 18B;
10B. ‘standardisation mandate’ means a request to prepare a standard for the purposes of this Regulation;
10C. ‘recognised standardisation body’ means the British Standards Institution or such other body as the Secretary of State may, in addition, by notice in writing recognise as a standardisation body for the purposes of this Regulation;
10D. ‘coexistence period’ means the period during which a manufacturer may choose to use a designated standard to make a declaration of performance for a construction product covered by it;”.
(5) For paragraph 11, substitute—
“11. ‘harmonised standard’ means a standard adopted by a European standardisation body, on the basis of a request issued by the European Commission;
11A. ‘European standardisation body’ means a body listed in Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as it has effect in EU law as amended from time to time;”.
(6) Omit paragraphs 12 and 13.
(7) After paragraph 13 (omitted by sub-paragraph (6)), insert—
“13A. ‘TAB’ has the meaning given to it in Article 29(1) (designation, monitoring and evaluation of TABs);
13B. ‘responsible TAB’ means the TAB which receives the request from the manufacturer to issue the UK Technical Assessment;
13C. ‘relevant TAB’ means any TAB which is designated by the Secretary of State for the product area in question;
13D. ‘UK Assessment Document’ means a document adopted by the responsible TAB for the purpose of issuing UK Technical Assessments;
13E. ‘UK Technical Assessment’ means the documented assessment of the performance of a construction product, in relation to its essential characteristics, in accordance with the respective UK Assessment Document;
13F. ‘pre-exit European Assessment Document’ means:
(a)a European Assessment Document for which:
(i)a reference was published in the Official Journal of the European Union under Article 22 as it had effect immediately before [IP completion day] ; and
(ii)the reference was not removed from publication before [IP completion day] ; or
(b)guidelines published before 1 July 2013 under Article 11 of Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to construction products which, immediately before [IP completion day] , could be used for the purposes of issuing European Technical Assessments under this Regulation;”.
(8) In paragraph 15, for “harmonised” substitute “ designated ”.
(9) In paragraphs 16 and 17, for “Union” substitute [“market of Great Britain”] .
(10) After paragraph 17, insert—
“17A. ‘RAMS’ means Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93;
17B. ‘UK marking’ means the marking in the form published in accordance with Article 30(1) of RAMS;
17C. ‘CE marking’ means the marking presented in Annex 2 to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 as it has effect in EU law as amended from time to time;
[17CA. ‘CE marking accompanied by the UK(NI) indication’ means CE marking (as defined above) accompanied by the marking in the form set out in Schedule 1 to the Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.]
17D. ‘competent authority’ has the meaning prescribed by the Construction Products Regulations 2013;”.
[(11) For paragraph 21, substitute—
“21. ‘importer’ means any natural or legal person who—
(a)is established within the United Kingdom and places a construction product from a country outside of the United Kingdom on the market; or
(b)is established in Northern Ireland and places a construction product on the market that has been supplied to them for distribution, consumption or use in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge, from an EEA state.”.]
(12) For paragraph 22, substitute—
“22. ‘authorised representative’ means—
(a)a person who—
(i)immediately before [IP completion day] was established in the United Kingdom or a member State and has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to perform specified tasks, in accordance with Article 12 as it had effect immediately before [IP completion day] ; and
(ii)on or after [IP completion day] continues to be so established and mandated to act on the manufacturer's behalf in relation to those tasks; or
(b)a person who on or after [IP completion day] is appointed in accordance with Article 12;
22A. ‘approved body’ has the meaning given to it in Article 39A (approved bodies);
22B. ‘notified body’ means a body—
(a)which the Secretary of State had before [IP completion day] notified to the European Commission and the member States, in accordance with Article 39 as it had effect immediately before [IP completion day] ; and
(b)in respect of which no objections had been raised, in accordance with Article 48(5) as it had effect immediately before [IP completion day] ;
22C. ‘market surveillance authority’ has the meaning prescribed by the Construction Products Regulations 2013;”.
(13) In paragraph 25, for “Regulation (EC) No 765/2008” substitute “ RAMS ”.
(14) After paragraph 25, insert—
“25A. ‘UK national accreditation body’ means the body appointed by the Secretary of State in accordance with Article 4 of RAMS;”.
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