# The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Paragraph 2: Amendment to regulation 2

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a) omit the definition of “accreditation”;
(b) omit the definition of “accreditation certificate”;
(c) after the definition of “the “2006 Regulations”” insert—
““approved body” has the meaning given in regulation 43 (approved bodies);”;
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) omit the definition of “CE marking”;
(f) omit the definition of “competent national authority”;
(g) after the definition of “conformity assessment body” insert—
““conformity assessment procedure” means a procedure referred to in regulation 40;
“declaration of conformity” means a declaration of conformity required to be drawn up in accordance with regulation 10(1)(a) (declaration of conformity and UK marking);
“designated standard” has the meaning given to it in regulation 2A;”;
(h) in the definition of “the Directive” at the end insert “ (as it has effect immediately before IP completion day) ”;
(i) omit the definition of “EU declaration of conformity”;
(j) omit the definition of “EU harmonisation legislation”;
(k) omit the definition of “harmonised standard”;
(l) for the definition of “importer” substitute—
“ “importer” means a person who—
(a) is established in the United Kingdom and places apparatus from a country outside of the United Kingdom on the market; or
(b) is established in Northern Ireland and places apparatus on the market that has been supplied to them for distribution, consumption or use in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge, from an EEA state; ”;
(m) in the definition of “make available on the market” for “EU market” substitute “market of Great Britain”;
(n) omit the definition of “national accreditation body”;
(o) omit the definition of “notified body requirements”;
(p) omit the definition of “Official Journal”;
(q) in the definition of “place on the market” for “EU market” substitute “market of Great Britain”;
(r) in the definition of “put into service”, for “EU” substitute “ United Kingdom market ”; and
(s) after the definition of “technical specification” insert—
““UK marking” means the marking in the form set out in Annex 2 of RAMS;
“UK national accreditation body” means the body appointed by the Secretary of State in accordance with Article 4 of RAMS;”.
(3) In paragraph (3) for “aspects of public interest protection” to the end substitute “ the protections against electromagnetic disturbance referred to in these Regulations ”.
(4) Omit paragraphs (4) and (5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/696/schedule/20/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/product-safety-and-metrology-etc-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/schedule-20/paragraph-2
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