Regulation 20 Amendments to industry self-regulation

(1)

Article 17 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 1—

(a)

for “Commission”, substitute “Secretary of State”;

(b)

for from “Annex V” to “Community authority”, substitute “the list of self-regulating organisations published by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Article.”.

(3)

In paragraph 2—

(a)

in point (a), omit from “, at the latest” to “in Article 29(3)”;

(b)

in point (a)(ix), at the end, insert “, or, if prior to exit day, a competent authority”;

(c)

in point (b)(ii), for “Commission” substitute “United Kingdom competent authority”;

(d)

in point (c), omit “the Commission and”.

(4)

In paragraph 3—

(a)

omit “the Commission and”;

(b)

omit “of a Member State in which they are resident or established”.

(5)

For paragraph 4, substitute—

“4.

The Secretary of State must publish a list containing each organisation that fulfils the requirements of this Article^f1.”.

(6)

In paragraph 5, omit point (b).

(7)

In paragraph 6—

(a)

omit “in a Member State”;

(b)

after “Article”, in the first place in which it occurs, omit “and established or resident in that Member State”;

(c)

after “member thereof”, omit “established or resident in that Member State”.

(8)

Omit paragraph 7.

(9)

In paragraph 8—

(a)

Omit from “of a Member State” to “referred to in Article 22(2),”;

(b)

for “in Annex V”, substitute “of self-regulating organisations published by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Article”.

(10)

Omit paragraph 9.

(11)

In paragraph 10, for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: This list will be published at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/export-diamonds-special-rules.