# 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 (4)—
(a) omit the definition of “accreditation”;
(b) omit the definition of “accreditation certificate”;
(c) after the definition of “the 1987 Act” insert—
““approved body” has the meaning given to it in regulation 45 (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 procedure” insert—
““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 “harmonised standard”;
(j) for the definition of “importer” substitute—
“ “importer” means a person who—
(a) is established in the United Kingdom and places a vessel from a country outside of the United Kingdom on the market; or
(b) is established in Northern Ireland and places a vessel 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; ”;
(k) in the definition of “make available on the market” for “EU market” substitute “market of Great Britain”;
(l) omit the definition of “national accreditation body”;
(m) omit the definition of “notified body requirements”;
(n) omit the definition of “Official Journal”;
(o) in the definition of “place on the market” for “EU market” substitute “market of Great Britain”;
(p) 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) Omit paragraphs (6) and (7).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/696/schedule/21/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/product-safety-and-metrology-etc-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/schedule-21/paragraph-2
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