Regulation (EU) 2019/26 complementing Union type-approval legislation with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union (Text with EEA relevance.)

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to complement EU type-approval legislation with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: on 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom submitted the notification of its intention to withdraw from the Union pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. This means that, unless a ratified withdrawal agreement establishes another date, all Union primary and secondary law will cease to apply to the United Kingdom from 30 March 2019, ('the withdrawal date'). The United Kingdom will then become a third country. The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection adopted the report by Marlene MIZZI (S&D, MT) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council complementing EU type-approval legislation with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union. To recap, the proposal aims to complement EU type-approval legislation with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union. Indeed, the EU legislative framework governing the registration of a number of products will no longer apply in the United Kingdom at the date of withdrawal. In order to remove the legal uncertainty for manufacturers which have been granted British type-approval, the proposal aims to: allow the manufacturers concerned to contact the EU-27 type-approval authority of their choice to ensure that the Union recognises approvals previously granted by a UK type-approval authority; allow the recognition of previous tests carried out by the UK type-approval authorities, while allowing the EU type-approval authorities to require new tests to be carried out; to preserve the Union's safety and quality standards. The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission's proposal. introduce a reference to applications for approval in the context of systems, components, vehicles and engines in order to ensure that the text will cover all categories that may require Union type approval; invite manufacturers to comply with the request of the Union type-approval authority and ensure that the Union type-approval authority receives and analyses all available information before accepting a UK type-approval; clarify that the Union type-approval authority referred to is the same as the one that will issue the type-approval certificate; specify that the United Kingdom type-approval will become invalid at the latest on the day on which the United Kingdom withdraws from the Union or, if the Union and the United Kingdom agree on a transitional period in the context of the withdrawal agreement, following the last day of the transitional period. Before that date, it shall become invalid on the day on which the Union type-approval takes effect; specify that the Union type-approval authority will be responsible for vehicles, systems, components and separate…

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