CHAPTER III

... MARKET SURVEILLANCE FRAMEWORK AND CONTROLS OF PRODUCTS ENTERING THE MARKET OF GREAT BRITAIN
SECTION 1

General provisions

Scope
Article 15
1
Articles 16 to 22 and 26 ... apply to products covered by any relevant enactment.
2
Each of the provisions of Articles 16 to 22 and 26 applies in so far as there are no specific provisions with the same objective in any relevant enactment.
3
The application of this Regulation does not prevent market surveillance authorities from taking more specific measures as provided for in the General Product Safety Regulations 2005.
4
For the purposes of Articles 16 to 22 and 26, a ‘product’ means a substance, preparation or good produced through a manufacturing process other than food, feed, living plants and animals, products of human origin and products of plants and animals relating directly to their future reproduction.
5
Articles 27, 28 and 29 ... apply to all products covered by any relevant enactment in so far as other enactments do not contain specific provisions relating to the organisation of border controls.

General requirements
Article 16
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2
Market surveillance authorities must ensure that products covered by any relevant enactment which, when used in accordance with their intended purpose or under conditions which can be reasonably foreseen and when properly installed and maintained, are liable to compromise the health or safety of users, or which otherwise do not conform to applicable requirements set out in any relevant enactment are withdrawn or their being made available on the market is prohibited or restricted and that the public and the Secretary of State are informed accordingly.
3
The Secretary of State must ensure that there is a national market surveillance infrastructure and programme so that effective measures may be taken in relation to any product subject to any relevant enactment.
4
Market surveillance must cover products assembled or manufactured for the manufacturer's own use where any relevant enactment provides that its provisions ... apply to such products.
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)
Words in Art. 15(1) 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. 14(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 15(2) 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. 14(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 15(4) 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. 14(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 15(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. 14(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 15(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. 14(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 15(1) 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. 14(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 15(5) 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. 14(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 15(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. 14(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 15(3) 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. 14(e)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 15(3) 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. 14(e)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 15(4) 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. 14(f); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 15(5) 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. 14(g)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 15(5) 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. 14(g)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 16(1) 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. 15(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 16(2) 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. 15(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 16(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. 15(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 16(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. 15(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 16(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. 15(b)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 16(3) 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. 15(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 16(4) 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. 15(d)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 16(4) 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. 15(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 16(4) 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. 15(d)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)