19. In Article 68 (designation of technical services) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009 and repealing Directive 2007/46/EC(1)—
(a)for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) Subject to paragraph (3B), a technical service must have legal personality and must be established in—
(a)the United Kingdom;
(b)a member State; or
(c)the territory of a party to the CPTPP.”; and
(b)after paragraph (3) insert—
“(3A) In paragraph (3) “the CPTPP” has the meaning set out in section 1 of the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Act 2024.
(3B) Paragraph (3) does not apply to a technical service belonging to an approval authority or an accredited in-house technical service of the manufacturer, as referred to in Article 72.”.
EUR 2018/858, as amended by S.I. 2022/1273; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.