8.—(1) Article 5 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1—
(a)in the first sentence, omit “of the Member State concerned, referred to in Article 8(1), and to the Commission,”;
(b)in the second sentence—
(i)for “Member States”, substitute “ The competent authority ”;
(ii)omit “to the Member State's competent authority”.
(3) In paragraph 2, in the third subparagraph—
(a)in the first sentence, for “a tiered approach”, substitute “ the tiered approach referred to in the Commission Recommendation of 23rd December 2005 on the tiered approach technical guidance document for the purpose of implementing Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council ”;
(b)omit the second and third sentences.
(4) In paragraph 3—
(a)in the first subparagraph—
(i)omit “of the Member State”;
(ii)for the comma after “requests”, substitute “ and ”;
(iii)omit “and inform the Commission about the results”;
(b)in the second subparagraph—
(i)omit “of the Member State” in both places it occurs;
(ii)omit the final sentence.
(5) In paragraph 4—
(a)in the first sentence—
(i)for “by the Member State, the Commission”, substitute “ under paragraph 3, the competent authority ”;
(ii)omit “in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2)”;
(b)omit the second sentence;
(c)for the third sentence, substitute “ The competent authority shall make its decision within 12 months of completing the evaluation carried out under paragraph 3. ”.
(6) In paragraphs 5 and 6, for “Commission” in each place it occurs, substitute “ competent authority ”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 8 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1