TITLE IICLASSIFICATION OF PRODUCTS

CHAPTER II Checks on conformity to marketing standards

Section 1 General provisions

Article 9Coordinating authorities and inspection bodies

1.

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(a)

F2The Secretary of State shall designate a single competent authority F3for Great Britain responsible for coordination and contacts in the areas covered by this Chapter, hereinafter called ‘the coordinating authority’; and

(b)

F4Each appropriate authority shall designate an inspection body or bodies responsible for the application of this Chapter, hereinafter called ‘the inspection bodies’.

The coordinating authorities and inspection bodies referred to in the first subparagraph may be public or private. However, the F5the Secretary of State or the appropriate authority that designates them (as the case may be) shall be responsible for them in either case.

F6The Secretary of State may not designate the coordinating authority referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph without the consent of—

(a)

in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(b)

in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.

Nothing in this Regulation affects the validity of any designation of a coordinating authority or inspection body made before IP completion day.

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3.

The coordinating authority may be the inspection body or one of the inspection bodies or any other body designated pursuant to paragraph 1.

4.

The F8Secretary of State shall make publicly available the F9name of the coordinating authority designated by the F10Secretary of State in the manner F11the Secretary of State considers appropriate.