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1.—(1) It is an offence for a person to place a product on the market in contravention of Article 4(1) of the MSC Regulation.
(2) It is an offence for an economic operator defined in Article 4(2) of the MSC Regulation to contravene a requirement of Article 4(3) of the MSC Regulation to perform a task.
(3) It is an offence for an economic operator defined in Article 4(2) of the MSC Regulation to fail to ensure that the information set out in Article 4(4) of the MSC Regulation is indicated on a product or its packaging, the parcel or an accompanying document, in contravention of Article 4(4).
(4) It is an offence for an authorised representative to contravene a requirement of Article 5(2) of the MSC Regulation to perform the tasks specified in its mandate or to provide a copy of the mandate to a market surveillance authority.
(5) It is an offence for an economic operator to contravene the requirement of Article 7(1) of the MSC Regulation to cooperate with market surveillance authorities.
(6) It is an offence for any person to contravene any requirement of a withdrawal or recall notice served on that person by an enforcer under these Regulations.
(7) Proceedings must not be commenced against a person under sub-paragraphs (1) to (6) if the person has been given a time period within which to comply or take action, and that time period has not expired.
(8) Sub-paragraphs (1) to (5) do not apply where the acts or omissions constituting a contravention of a provision of the MSC Regulation also constitute a contravention of or an offence pursuant to a provision of enforcer's legislation.
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I1Sch. 6 para. 1 in force at 16.7.2021, see reg. 1(1)
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