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1

Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations shall not apply to equipment placed on the market or put into service on or before 2nd January 2002 which comply with any provisions with which they would have been required to comply for them to be placed on the market in the United Kingdom on 2nd July 2001.

2

The exclusion provided in paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of equipment which—

a

unless required to bear the CE marking pursuant to any other F1EU obligation, bears the CE marking or an inscription liable to be confused with it; or

b

bears or is accompanied by any other indication, howsoever expressed, that it complies with the Directive.