{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecodesign-for-energy-related-products-regulations-2010/schedule-5/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2617",
  "legislation_title": "The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecodesign-for-energy-related-products-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Completion certificates",
  "text": "(1) The market surveillance authority must issue a certificate (a “completion certificate”) if, after service of a stop notice, the market surveillance authority is satisfied that the person has taken the steps specified in the notice.\n(2) A stop notice ceases to have effect on the issue of a completion certificate.\n(3) A person on whom a stop notice is served may at any time apply for a completion certificate.\n(4) The market surveillance authority must decide whether to issue a completion certificate within 14 days of the application.\n(5) A person on whom the stop notice was served may appeal against a decision not to issue a completion certificate on the grounds that—\n(a) the decision was based on an error of fact;\n(b) the decision was wrong in law;\n(c) the decision was unfair or unreasonable;\n(d) the decision was wrong for any other reason.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2617/schedule/5/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:26:49.425874+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}