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SCHEDULE 4Technical barriers to trade: use of relevant international standards

Amendments of retained direct EU legislation

24In Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC, in Article 6A (designated standard) (inserted by paragraph 2(7) of Schedule 36 to the Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696))—

(a)in paragraph 1(a), after “body” insert “or an international standardising body”;

(b)after paragraph 3 insert—

3AIn this Article “international standardising body” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, part of Annex 1A to the agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation signed at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 (as modified from time to time).;

(c)in paragraph 5—

(i)after “with” insert “such”;

(ii)at the end insert “or by international standardising bodies as the Secretary of State considers to be relevant.”