Paragraph 61 Amendment to Article 7I1

England, Wales and Scotland

In Article 7 (procedure for assignment of the unique code of the manufacturer to a manufacturer established in a third country)—

(a)

in the heading and in paragraph 1, for “in a third country” substitute “ outside of the United Kingdom ”;

(b)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;

(ii)

for “a language which can be easily understood by the authority where the application is introduced as determined by the authority” substitute “ English ”;

(iii)

for “national authority” to the end substitute “ UK national body or, if none is designated, the Secretary of State ”;

(c)

in paragraph 2—

(i)

after “a document” insert “ in English ”;

(ii)

for “that the manufacturer is established” to the end substitute “ in which country the manufacturer is established ”;

(d)

in paragraph 3—

(i)

for “national authority or the national body of the Member State” substitute “ UK national body or, if none is designated, the Secretary of State ”;

(ii)

for “third country register” substitute “ UK third country register ”;

(iii)

omit “to any Member State”;

(e)

omit paragraph 4;

(f)

in paragraph 5—

(i)

for “national authority or national body” substitute “ UK national body or, if none is designated, the Secretary of State ”;

(ii)

omit the second sentence;

(g)

for paragraph 6 substitute—

“6
When assigning the unique code of the manufacturer to a manufacturer established outside of the United Kingdom, the UK national body or, if none is designated, the Secretary of State shall register that code and the name and address of the manufacturer in the UK third country register.”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 28 para. 61 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1