Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2016/426

22.—(1) Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and Council on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 44 (transitional provisions in relation to EU exit) after paragraph 4 insert—

5.  Subject to paragraph 6, where before 11pm on 31st December 2024—

(a)an appliance or fitting has not been placed on the market; and

(b)a manufacturer has taken any action under the conformity assessment procedure that applies to that appliance or fitting in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation 2016/426 (pre-exit)

that action has effect as if it had been done under the applicable conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 14 of this Regulation.

6.  Paragraph 5 does not apply—

(a)after the expiry of the validity of any certificate issued pursuant to the applicable conformity assessment procedure; and

(b)in any event, after 31st December 2027..

(1)

EUR 2016/429, as amended by S.I. 2019/696 and S.I. 2021/1273; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.