Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011
16.—(1) 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(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 2 (definitions), after paragraph (28) insert—
“(29) “the CPTPP” has the meaning set out in section 1 of the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Act 2024.”.
(3) In Article 19 (UK assessment document), after paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) The duty in paragraph (1) applies only to TABs that are established in the United Kingdom.”.
(4) In Article 21 (obligations of the TAB receiving a request for a UK technical assessment), after paragraph (1A) insert—
“(1B) Paragraph (1)(a) and (1)(c) apply only to TABs that are established in the United Kingdom.”.
(5) In Article 29 (designation, monitoring and evaluation of TABs), for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) The Secretary of State may designate a body as a TAB for one or several of the product areas listed in Table 1 of Annex 4 providing the body is established in—
(a)the United Kingdom; or
(b)the territory of a party to the CPTPP.”.
(6) In Article 30 (requirements for TABs), after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) Paragraph (2)(a) applies only to TABs that are established in the United Kingdom.”.
(7) In Article 43 (requirements for approved bodies), for paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) An approved body must have legal personality and must be established in—
(a)the United Kingdom; or
(b)the territory of a party to the CPTPP.”.
EUR 305/2011, as amended by S.I. 2019/465; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.