Article 19 Approved bodiesF1
United Kingdom
An approved body is a conformity assessment body which—
has been approved by the Secretary of State pursuant to the procedure set out in Article 20 (approval of conformity assessment bodies); or
immediately before IP completion day was a notified body in respect of which the Secretary of State had taken no action under Article 29 (changes to notifications) of Regulation 2016/426 (pre-exit), to suspend or withdraw the body's status as a notified body.
Paragraph 1 has effect subject to Article 29 (restriction, suspension or withdrawal of approval).
In this Chapter—
“notified body” means a body—
- (a)
which the Secretary of State had, before IP completion day, notified to the European Commission and the member States of the European Union in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation 2016/426 (pre-exit); and
- (b)
in respect of which no objections had been raised, as referred to in Article 27(5) of Regulation 2016/426 (pre-exit);
- (a)
“approved body requirements” means the requirements set out in Article 23.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Art. 19 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 36 para. 2(19) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and S.I. 2020/852, regs. 2(2), 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(v)(v)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Notes on Chapter IV
Textual amendments
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Words in Ch. 4 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 36 para. 2(18) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)