PART 2 U.K.Prohibitions and Obligations on Economic Operators

Importers U.K.

Prohibition on placing EEE on the market E+W+S

23.  An importer must not place EEE on the market unless—

(a) the EEE complies with the requirements of regulation 3;

(b) the importer has ensured that the manufacturer has done all of the following in relation to the EEE—

(i) carried out the conformity assessment procedure and drawn up the technical documentation in accordance with paragraph (1) of regulation 12 (conformity assessment procedure and drawing up of technical documentation);

(ii) affixed the [F1 UK] marking in accordance with regulation 16 (EEE to bear [F1 UK] marking);

[F2 (iii) complied with regulation 18 (information identifying EEE and   manufacturer).]

F3 (iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) the EEE is accompanied by the required documents; and

(d) the importer has complied with regulation 24 (information identifying importers).

Extent Information

E1 This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 23(b)(ii) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(b), 18(16) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(2), 11(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Reg. 23(b)(iii) substituted (25.7.2014) by The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1771), regs. 1(b), 4(2)

F3 Reg. 23(b)(iv) repealed (25.7.2014) by The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1771), regs. 1(b), 4(3)

Prohibition on placing EEE on the market N.I.

23.  An importer must not place EEE on the market unless—

(a) the EEE complies with the requirements of regulation 3;

(b) the importer has ensured that the manufacturer has done all of the following in relation to the EEE—

(i) carried out the conformity assessment procedure and drawn up the technical documentation in accordance with paragraph (1) of regulation 12 (conformity assessment procedure and drawing up of technical documentation);

(ii) affixed the CE marking in accordance with regulation 16 (EEE to bear CE marking);

[F4 (iii) complied with regulation 18 (information identifying EEE and   manufacturer).]

(iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) the EEE is accompanied by the required documents; and

(d) the importer has complied with regulation 24 (information identifying importers).

Extent Information

E2 This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

Textual Amendments

F4 Reg. 23(b)(iii) substituted (25.7.2014) by The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1771), regs. 1(b), 4(2)