{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-426/article-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-426/article-44.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/426",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-426",
  "path": "article/44",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Transitional provision in relation to EU exit",
  "text": "1. In this Article, “pre-exit period” means the period beginning with 21 April 2018 and ending immediately before IP completion day.\n2. Subject to paragraph 3, where an appliance or fitting was made available on the market during the pre-exit period, despite the amendments made by Schedule 36 of the Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, any obligation to which a person was subject under Regulation 2016/426 (pre-exit), continues to have effect as it did immediately before IP completion day, in relation to that appliance or fitting.\n3. Paragraph 2 does not apply to—\n(a) any obligation of the enforcement authority to inform the European Commission or the member States of any matter, or\n(b) any obligation to take action outside of the United Kingdom in respect of that appliance or fitting.\n4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 44 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(41) (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)(vi)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 44(4)-(6) omitted (1.10.2024) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/696), regs. 1(2), 22(3) (with reg. 23)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/426/article/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:57.911179+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."
}