The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 No. 696

SCHEDULE 34 U.K. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and related amendments

Amendment of Article 5 U.K.

6.  In Article 5 (obligations of responsible persons)—

[F1 (ia) at the beginning of paragraph 1 insert “ Subject to Article 5A ”;]

(a) in paragraphs 2 and 3 omit “national”;

(b) in paragraph 2 omit the words from “of the Member States” (in the first place in which it occurs) to “accessible”;

(c) in paragraph 3 omit “, in a language which can be easily understood by that authority”;

(d) after paragraph 3 insert—

“4.   The information and documentation referred to in paragraph 3 must be in English.”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 34 para. 6(ia) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1460), reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 23(3)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 34 para. 6 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1