{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/product-safety-and-metrology-etc-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/schedule-34/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/product-safety-and-metrology-etc-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/schedule-34/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/696",
  "legislation_title": "The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/product-safety-and-metrology-etc-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "schedule/34/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Substitution of Article 4",
  "text": "For Article 4 (responsible person) substitute—\n“Article 4\nResponsible person\n1 A cosmetic product may not be placed on the market unless there is a responsible person established in the United Kingdom in respect of the cosmetic product.\n2 Subject to paragraphs 6 and 7, a manufacturer of a cosmetic product is the responsible person in respect of that product where—\n(a) the manufacturer is established in the United Kingdom; and\n(b) the cosmetic product—\n(i) is manufactured in the United Kingdom; and\n(ii) after manufacture but prior to placing on the market is not exported and imported back into the United Kingdom.\n3 Where paragraph 4 applies the manufacturer must ensure that—\n(a) there is a person established in the United Kingdom designated by written mandate as the responsible person in respect of the cosmetic product; and\n(b) that person has agreed in writing to be the responsible person in respect of that cosmetic product.\n4 This paragraph applies where—\n(a) a manufacturer of a cosmetic product is established in a country outside the United Kingdom; and\n(b) the cosmetic product—\n(i) is manufactured in the United Kingdom; and\n(ii) after manufacture but prior to placing on the market is not exported and imported back into the United Kingdom.\n5 Subject to paragraphs 6 and 7, any importer placing a cosmetic product on the market is the responsible person in respect of that cosmetic product.\n6 An importer or a manufacturer established in the United Kingdom may by written mandate designate a person established in the United Kingdom as the responsible person.\n7 Where the person designated by the importer or the manufacturer under paragraph 6 accepts the designation in writing, that person is the responsible person.\n8 A distributor is the responsible person in respect of a cosmetic product where that distributor—\n(a) places a product on the market under the distributor's name or trademark; or\n(b) modifies a product already placed on the market in such a way that compliance with the applicable requirements may be affected.”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 34 para. 5 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/696/schedule/34/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:43:04.909537+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."
}