Packaged Goods (Quantity Control) Act, 1980
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e-mark. |
11.—(1) This section applies to any package which is of a class or description prescribed for the purposes of this section. | |
(2) A person shall not in the course of carrying on a business— | ||
(a) mark with the e-mark any package which is not a package to which this section applies, | ||
(b) so mark any package which is a package to which this section applies unless he is either the packer or the importer of the package or is acting on behalf of such packer or importer, | ||
(c) mark any package with a mark so closely resembling the e-mark as to be likely to deceive. | ||
(3) Subject to section 3 (2) (i) of this Act, it shall be the duty of— | ||
(a) the packer of packages which are marked with the e-mark and which he intends to export from the State; and | ||
(b) a person who intends to import packages which are so marked and to export them from the State to a place in another member state of the European Economic Community; and | ||
(c) a person who intends to import packages, to mark them with the e-mark and to export them in the manner mentioned in paragraph (b) of this subsection, | ||
to give, within the prescribed period and in the prescribed manner, to the Minister a notice containing such information about the packages as is prescribed and, in the case of a person described in paragraph (b) or (c) of this subsection, such further information about the packages in question as an inspector may specify in a notice in writing served on the person by the inspector. | ||
(4) In this Act “the e-mark” means such mark as may be for the time being prescribed for the purposes of this section. |