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S.I. No. 623/2025 - European Union (Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market) (Designation of Competent Authorities) Regulatio

S.I. No. 623/2025 - European Union (Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market) (Designation of Competent Authorities) Regulations 2025 Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge Léim go dtí an t-ábhar Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge English Produced by the Office of the Attorney General Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne Home Legislation Acts of the Oireachtas Statutory Instruments Pre-1922 Legislation Constitution External Resources Bills (Houses of the Oireachtas) Iris Oifigiúil / Official Gazette Revised Acts (LRC) Classified List of Legislation (LRC) Translations (acts.

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(1)In these Regulations – “Forced Labour Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 20241 on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937; “Market Surveillance Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 20192 ; “relevant market surveillance authority” means – (
  1. a)an authority designated as a market surveillance authority in the State in accordance with the European Union (General Product Safety) Regulations 2024 ( S.I. No. 726 of 2024 ) for the purposes of the General Product Safety Regulation, or (
  2. b)an authority designated as a market surveillance authority in the State in accordance with the Market Surveillance Regulation in respect of a European Union instrument listed in Annex I to the Market Surveillance Regulation, in relation to a product, insofar as the Forced Labour Regulation applies to that product.
(2)A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and also used in the Forced Labour Regulation has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Forced Labour Regulation.
(3)In these Regulations, a reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered of the Forced Labour Regulation. 3. The Workplace Relations Commission is designated as the competent authority for the purposes of Articles 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26
(3)and
(5), 28, 29 and
  2. The relevant market surveillance authority is designated as the competent authority for the purposes of Articles 23, 24, and
  3. GIVEN under my Official Seal, 16 December,
  4. PETER BURKE, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment. 1 OJ L, 2024/3015, 12.12.2024 1 OJ L, 2024/3015, 12.12.2024 2 OJ No. L 169, 25.6.2019, p.1 Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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