{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/1",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1 of 3 January 2017 on procedures for watercraft identification under Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on recreational craft and personal watercraft (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Assignment of the unique code of the manufacturer",
  "text": "1. The unique code of the manufacturer shall be assigned by the UK national body or, if none is designated, the Secretary of State following a request by a manufacturer or its authorised representative in accordance with Article 6 or 7.\n2. The unique code for a manufacturer shall be generated and assigned only once by the UK national body or the Secretary of State. Each manufacturer shall have only one unique code for use over the United Kingdom market.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 58(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 58(b)(i) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 4(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 28 para. 58(b)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:15.913019+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."
}