Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2014-04-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on illegal pump imports into the UK; and if he will make a statement.

Michael Fallon

I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

We have had no representations on illegal pump imports. The National Measurement Office (NMO) is the designated Market Surveillance Authority for the UK for products subject to regulations made under the Ecodesign for Energy -related Products Directive, including those for pumps. It takes an intelligence-led and risk-based approach to market surveillance; any evidence of illegal imports should be sent to the NMO (https://www.gov.uk/placing-energy-related-products-on-the-uk-market) for follow-up and appropriate enforcement action.

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