The Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Textile Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

7.—(1) The Textile Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council)—

(a) in paragraph (2), for “United Kingdom market” substitute “market in Great Britain”;

(b) for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) In Article 3 (definitions), in paragraph (2), omit “‘importer’,” and “‘harmonised standard’,”.”;

(c) for paragraph (7) substitute—

“(7) In Article 15 (obligation to supply the label or marking), in paragraph 1—

(a) for “the Union” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) for “the importer” substitute “the person placing the textile product on the market in Great Britain”.”;

(d) in paragraph (8), for new paragraph 4 of Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011, which is to be inserted by paragraph (8), substitute—

“4.   Textile products which comply with Article 16(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011(2) as it applies in the European Union and which are placed on the market in Great Britain before IP completion day, may continue to be made available on the market in Great Britain during the period of two years beginning with IP completion day.”;

(e) in paragraph (9)(b), for “in the United Kingdom” substitute “in Great Britain”;

(f) in paragraph (14), in sub-paragraph (b) for “the law of the United Kingdom or any part of the United Kingdom” substitute “the law in England and Wales or Scotland”.

(1)

S.I. 2018/1398.

(2)

OJ L No. 272, 18.10.2011, p.1.