# The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 8: Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004


(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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111181294/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-detergents-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-8
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