PART 5F1NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIESF1APPROVAL OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES
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An approved body is a conformity assessment body which—
a
has been approved by the Secretary of State pursuant to the procedure set out in regulation 48 (approval of conformity assessment bodies); or
b
immediately before IP completion day was a notified body in respect of which the Secretary of State had taken no action under regulation 54(1) or (2) as they had effect immediately before IP completion day to suspend or withdraw the body's status as a notified body.
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Paragraph (1) has effect subject to regulation 51 (restriction, suspension or withdrawal of approval).
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In this Part—
“notified body” means a body—
- a
which the Secretary of State had before IP completion day notified to the European Commission and the member State of the European Union, in accordance with Article 27 of the Directive; and
- b
in respect of which no objections had been raised, as referred to in regulation 47(2)(b), as it had effect immediately before IP completion day;
- a
“approved body requirements” means the requirements set out in Schedule 3.
IntroductoryE247
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This Part applies to the notification to the Commission and other F2relevant states of the bodies authorised to carry out conformity assessment procedures in the United Kingdom in relation to regulated non-automatic weighing instruments.
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For the purposes of this Part, a notified body is a conformity assessment body—
a
which has been notified to the Commission and to other F2relevant states in accordance with the Directive; and
b
in respect of which no objections F3, other than an immaterial objection, are raised by the Commission or other F2relevant states—
i
within 2 weeks of a notification, where an accreditation certificate is used; or
ii
within 2 months of a notification, where accreditation is not F4used;
F5c
in sub-paragraph (b), an “immaterial objection” is an objection on the grounds that—
i
the conformity assessment body is established in the United Kingdom; or
ii
the accreditation certificate was issued by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service.
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Paragraph (2) has effect subject to regulation 54 (changes to notifications).
Pt. 5 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 26 para. 32 (with Sch. 26 para. 5) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2; S.I. 2020/852, reg. 4(2), Sch. 1 paras. 1(o)(v), (vi)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)