Approval or registration of establishments located in third countries
34.—(1) Where a declaration complying with regulation 33(2) is submitted under paragraph (1) of that regulation, the Minister shall—
(a)where the declaration is submitted under sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of that paragraph—
(i)approve the establishment as an establishment as to which any product manufactured thereon, in the course of carrying out the establishment activity to which the sub-paragraph concerned relates, may be imported into the United Kingdom, and
(ii)in accordance with Article 5.1 of Directive 95/69, as read with Articles 8 and 9 of, and the Annex to, Directive 98/51, enter the establishment on a register, which the Minister shall maintain, under an individual approval number which identifies the establishment, as an establishment approved in relation to the establishment activity concerned, and
(b)where the declaration is submitted under sub-paragraph (e), (f), (g) or (h) of that paragraph—
(i)register the establishment as an establishment as to which any product manufactured thereon, in the course of carrying out the establishment activity to which the sub-paragraph concerned relates, may be imported into the United Kingdom, and
(ii)in accordance with Article 10.1 of Directive 95/69, as read with Articles 8 and 9 of, and the Annex to, Directive 98/51, enter the establishment on a list, which the Minister shall maintain, under an individual registration number which identifies the establishment, as an establishment approved in relation to the establishment activity concerned.
(2) The Minister shall, for the purposes of paragraph (1) treat, a declaration submitted in anticipation of regulation 33(1) as submitted thereunder and complying with regulation 33(2) if the declaration either—
(a)complies with all the requirements set out in regulation 33(2), or
(b)if made after 30th December 1998 but before 1st May 1999, complies with all those requirements other than the requirement set out in regulation 33(2)(g)(ii).