Written question asked by Lord Cope of Berkeley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 September 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 September 2019. It was answered by Lord Duncan of Springbank (Conservative) on Monday, 9 September 2019 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Products: Certification
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) in the event of a no-deal Brexit, manufacturers, authorised representatives and importers based in the UK will be responsible for the conformity to standards of products placed on the UK market where required, and (2) authorised representatives and importers based in an European Economic Area state will be responsible for the conformity to standards of products placed on the EU or UK markets.
- Original answer
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It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with my noble Friend.
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The answer was corrected by Lord Duncan of Springbank (Conservative)
on Wednesday, 2 October 2019 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
- Corrected answer
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It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with my noble Friend.In the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal, authorised representatives based in the EEA appointed and mandated before Exit may continue to be authorised representatives for BEIS consumer product safety and metrology purposes, as long as they remain so appointed and mandated by the manufacturer. Any authorised representatives appointed and mandated after Exit must be established in the UK.
An importer will be the person established in the UK who places a product from outside of the UK on the UK market.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL17602
- Session
- 2017-19
- Related items
- Notes
- Supreme Court ruling of 24 September that Parliament was not prorogued on 9 September.
- Subjects
- Certification Products Brexit
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