PART 3Amendment of retained direct EU legislation

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004

6.—(1) Article 2 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 9—

(a)omit “Union” in the first place it appears;

(b)for “Union customs territory”, substitute “United Kingdom”.

(3) In paragraph 9a, for “Union”, substitute “United Kingdom”.

(4) In paragraph 10, after “natural or legal”, insert “established in the United Kingdom”.

(5) After paragraph 12, insert—

13.  ‘Competent authority’ means the Secretary of State.

14.  ‘Regulation (EU) 528/2012’ means Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products.

15.  ‘the REACH Regulation’ means Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency..