The Market Surveillance (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021

Withdrawal NoticeN.I.

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2.—(1) An enforcer may serve a withdrawal notice on an economic operator in respect of a product to which these Regulations apply if the enforcer has reasonable grounds for believing that there is non-compliance.

(2) A withdrawal notice must prohibit the economic operator from making the product available on the market without the consent of the enforcer.

(3) A withdrawal notice may require the economic operator to take action to alert end users to any risk presented by the product.

(4) A withdrawal notice may require the economic operator to keep the enforcer informed of the whereabouts of any product referred to in the notice.

(5) A consent given by the enforcer pursuant to a withdrawal notice, may impose such conditions on the making available on the market as the enforcer considers appropriate.

(6) Subject to sub-paragraph (7), an enforcer may revoke or vary a withdrawal notice by serving a notification on the economic operator.

(7) An enforcer may not vary a withdrawal notice so as to make it more restrictive for the economic operator or more onerous for the economic operator to comply.

(8) A withdrawal notice has effect in Northern Ireland.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 4 para. 2 in force at 16.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)