PART 2REGULATED NON-AUTOMATIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS – OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS
CHAPTER 2OBLIGATIONS OF IMPORTERS
Requirements to mark importers' details on regulated non-automatic weighing instrumentsE1C118
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An importer must indicate on any regulated non-automatic weighing instrument imported by that importer, the importer's name, registered trade name or trademark, and the postal address at which the importer can be contacted.
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Paragraph (1) does not apply where—
a
either—
i
the importer would have to open the packaging in order to indicate the information on the instrument; or
ii
the importer has imported the instrument from an EEA state or Switzerland and places it on the market within the period of F4seven years beginning with IP completion day, and
b
before placing the instrument on the market, the importer sets out the information referred to in paragraph (1)—
i
where sub-paragraph (a)(i) applies, on the packaging and in a document accompanying the instrument;
ii
where sub-paragraph (a)(ii) applies, in a document accompanying the instrument.
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The contact details required by this regulation must be F2clear, legible and in easily understandable English.
Requirements to mark importers' details on regulated non-automatic weighing instrumentsE2C218
1
An importer must indicate on any regulated non-automatic weighing instrument imported by that importer, the importer's name, registered trade name or trademark, and the postal address at which the importer can be contacted.
2
Where this would require the packaging to be opened, those indications may be given on the packaging and in a document accompanying the instrument.
3
The contact details required by this regulation must be in a language that is easily understood by end-users and market surveillance authorities, and in the case of regulated non-automatic weighing instruments made available in F3Northern Ireland, they must be in English.