The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 No. 696

SCHEDULE 11 Amendment of the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006

Amendment to regulation 3

3.  In regulation 3 (scope of application)—

(a) omit paragraph (5);

(b) after paragraph (6) insert—

“(7) The obligations on the importer set out in regulation 5(1)(b) and regulation 6(1)(c) to ensure the package or outer container is marked with specified contact information do not apply where—

(a) the importer has imported the package or outer container from an EEA state within the period of 18 months beginning with exit day; and

(b) it is marked with the contact information of the person in that EEA state who packed or imported the package or who arranged for the packer to make up or the importer to import the package.”.