PART 2REGULATED NON-AUTOMATIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS – OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS

CHAPTER 4IDENTIFICATION OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS

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1

Where paragraph (2) applies—

a

a non-automatic weighing instrument is to be treated as being in conformity with the essential requirements; and

b

each relevant economic operator is to be treated as having complied or as complying with the obligations imposed on them under Part 2.

2

This paragraph applies where—

a

a non-automatic weighing instrument is—

i

in conformity with the essential requirements, within the meaning of that term in regulation 2, as it applies in Northern Ireland; and

ii

qualifying Northern Ireland goods;

b

each relevant economic operator has complied or is complying with the obligations imposed on them under Part 2, as that Part applies in Northern Ireland; and

c

an importer has complied with the obligations set out in paragraph (3).

3

The obligations referred to in paragraph (2)(c) are that, before placing the non-automatic weighing instrument on the market, the importer—

a

complies with regulation 18;

b

ensures that—

i

the relevant conformity assessment procedure has been carried out in accordance with Part 3, as that Part applies in Northern Ireland;

ii

the manufacturer has drawn up the technical documentation; and

iii

the non-automatic weighing instrument bears the CE marking.

F23A

After a non-automatic weighing instrument has been placed on the market pursuant to this regulation, regulations 67 and 68 are to be read in relation to that instrument subject to the following modifications—

a

the reference in regulation 67(1)(a) to “UK marking” is to be read as a reference to the CE marking, within the meaning of regulation 2(1) as it applies in Northern Ireland;

b

the reference in regulation 67(1)(b) to “M marking”, is to be read as a reference to the M Marking as defined in regulation 2(1), as it applies in Northern Ireland;

c

the reference in regulation 67(1)(c) to “approved body” is to be read as a reference to a “notified body” as defined in regulation 2(1), as it applies in Northern Ireland;

d

the references in regulations 67(2)(a) and 68(4)(a) to “essential requirements” are to be read as the essential requirements within the meaning of that term in regulation 2(1), as it applies in Northern Ireland; and

e

the references in regulations 67(2)(b) and 68(4)(b) to “type examination certificate” is to be read as a reference to an EU-type examination certificate as defined in regulation 2(1), as it applies in Northern Ireland.

4

In this regulation—

  • “CE marking” has the meaning given to it in regulation 2(1), as it applies in Northern Ireland;

  • “qualifying Northern Ireland goods” has the meaning given to it in regulations made under section 8C(6) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018;

  • “technical documentation” has the meaning given to it in regulation 2(1), as it applies in Northern Ireland.