Paragraph 59 Amendment to Article 5

In Article 5 (national authority for assigning the unique code of the manufacturer)—

(a)

in the heading for “National authority” substitute “UK national body”;

(b)

in paragraph 1 for “Each Member State shall designate the national authority or the” substitute “The Secretary of State may designate the UK”;

(c)

omit paragraph 2;

(d)

after paragraph 2 insert—

“3.

In the absence of a designation under paragraph 1, the Secretary of State is responsible for assigning the unique code of the manufacturer.”.