SCHEDULES

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

Amendments of subordinate legislation

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In the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3032), in regulation 2A (interpretation: designated standard) (inserted by regulation 18(3) of the Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188))—

a

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

b

in paragraph (3)—

i

after “with” insert “ such ”;

ii

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

c

for paragraph (7) substitute—

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In this regulation—

a

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);

b

a “recognised standardisation body” means any one of the following—

i

the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN);

ii

the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (Cenelec);

iii

the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI);

iv

the British Standards Institution (BSI).