CHAPTER III

... MARKET SURVEILLANCE FRAMEWORK AND CONTROLS OF PRODUCTS ENTERING THE MARKET OF GREAT BRITAIN
SECTION 3

Controls of imported products ...

Discharge of products
Article 28
1
A product the discharge of which has been suspended by the authorities in charge of external border controls pursuant to Article 27 must be discharged from the free-circulation procedure if, within three working days of the suspension of discharge, those authorities have not been notified of any action taken by the market surveillance authorities, and provided that all the other requirements and formalities pertaining to such discharge have been fulfilled.
2
Where the market surveillance authorities find that the product in question does not present a serious risk to health and safety or cannot be regarded as being in breach of any relevant enactment, that product must be discharged from the free-circulation procedure, provided that all the other requirements and formalities pertaining to such discharge have been fulfilled.
Word in Ch. 3 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 13(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Ch. 3 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 13(b) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1460, reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 22(5)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Ch. 3 s. 3 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 25(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Ch. 3 s. 3 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 25(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 28 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 27(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 28(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 27(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 28(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 27(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 28(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 27(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 28(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 27(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 28(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 27(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 28(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 27(c)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)