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📢 Regulations Alert! 🚀 News for businesses in Great Britain! The Department has proposed amendments to The Product Safety and Metrology etc. Regulations 2024, paving the way for extended recognition of Conformité Européenne (CE) marking indefinitely. This proposed amendment, laid in draft before Parliament on April 15, is a significant development for businesses placing goods on the GB market. It offers the flexibility for businesses to continue using CE marking or adopt the new UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) markers, streamlining processes and ensuring compliance with safety standards. The Department's stance emphasizes the inclusive benefits of the proposal, benefiting all businesses irrespective of size. This forward-looking approach underscores the commitment to support businesses and foster innovation while maintaining high safety standards in the market. Stay tuned for further updates as this proposal progresses through Parliament. 💼🌟 See: https://lnkd.in/e9m4TuEy. #Regulations #BusinessNews #GBMarket #CEMarking #UKCA #ProductSafety #Compliance #Innovation #GreatBritain #Parliament #DepartmentOfBusiness

📢 Regulations Alert! 🚀 News for businesses in Great Britain! The Department has proposed amendments to The Product Safety and Metrology etc. Regulations 2024, paving the way for extended recognition of Conformité Européenne (CE) marking indefinitely. This proposed amendment, laid in draft before Parliament on April 15, is a significant development for businesses placing goods on the GB market. It offers the flexibility for businesses to continue using CE marking or adopt the new UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) markers, streamlining processes and ensuring compliance with safety standards. The Department's stance emphasizes the inclusive benefits of the proposal, benefiting all businesses irrespective of size. This forward-looking approach underscores the commitment to support businesses and foster innovation while maintaining high safety standards in the market. Stay tuned for further updates as this proposal progresses through Parliament. 💼🌟 See: https://lnkd.in/e9m4TuEy. #Regulations #BusinessNews #GBMarket #CEMarking #UKCA #ProductSafety #Compliance #Innovation #GreatBritain #Parliament #DepartmentOfBusiness

The UK has (sort of) come to its senses regarding the continued use of the CE Mark - the intent now is to legislate that it will also cover EcoDesign and, "in most circumstances", RoHS, which was not the case when this was initially proposed by DBT. However, as EU and UK regulations diverge, manufacturers who sell only into the UK will have to reconsider using the CE Mark, as it will cover a broader range of requirements, including the new Battery Regulation for instance, than are covered under UKCA. So the excitement continues. https://lnkd.in/gKmwjTqg

The UK Government yesterday (24th January) announced an additional, non-mandatory 'Fast Track UKCA Process' for products placed on the GB market. Details can be found on the UK Government website here (https://bit.ly/42eE09b) The route allows Manufacturers to apply the UK mark, including on a sticky label or on a document accompanying the product, where that product meets the requirements of EU legislation and which when required has been assessed by an EU Notified Body. In order to benefit from this, Manufacturers must also draw up a UK Declaration of Conformity which references the applicable EU legislation. It should be stressed that this is an additional route to conformity available to manufacturers and does not replace either of the current CE or UK marking routes. In addition, the Government has also extended the Derogation to allow ongoing use of the CE mark in Great Britain to three further Regulations: RoHS 2012, Ecodesign for Energy Related Products 2010 and Explosives 2014 The CE Marking Association will continue to monitor product compliance legislation, particularly with respect to Brexit and will further update our clients as more information is released.

📢 Regulations Alert! 🚀 News for businesses in Great Britain! The Department has proposed amendments to The Product Safety and Metrology etc. Regulations 2024, paving the way for extended recognition of Conformité Européenne (CE) marking indefinitely. This proposed amendment, laid in draft before Parliament on April 15, is a significant development for businesses placing goods on the GB market. It offers the flexibility for businesses to continue using CE marking or adopt the new UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) markers, streamlining processes and ensuring compliance with safety standards. The Department's stance emphasizes the inclusive benefits of the proposal, benefiting all businesses irrespective of size. This forward-looking approach underscores the commitment to support businesses and foster innovation while maintaining high safety standards in the market. Stay tuned for further updates as this proposal progresses through Parliament. 💼🌟 See: https://lnkd.in/e9m4TuEy. #Regulations #BusinessNews #GBMarket #CEMarking #UKCA #ProductSafety #Compliance #Innovation #GreatBritain #Parliament #DepartmentOfBusiness

UK's Gov Regulation for indefinitely CE mark recognition published on 23 May 2024 come into force on 1 Oct 2024, subject to UK RoHS Regulation The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (UK S.I. 2024/696) has been officially published on 23 May 2024 and will come into force on 1 October 2024. https://lnkd.in/dmyhdSJR This amendment allows CE-marked equipment to be placed on the UK market "indefinitely", subject to the restrictions of the UK RoHS Regulation - The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012: However, we are taking a two-part approach given the role of exemptions in these Regulations. - Where products meet the maximum concentration values set out in Annex II to the EU RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU), we will continue to recognise current EU regulations and CE marking. - Where a product relies on an exemption, we will also continue to recognise current EU regulations and CE marking, provided there is an equivalent exemption under the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012.

The Government has issued further Guidance on the use of the UKCA mark and this can be found at    (https://lnkd.in/eZcvuGUv).   There is also a more detailed policy document 'Policy Update:Placing products on the market in Great Britain using UK or EU product marks". It appears to be the Government policy to allow optionality as to which conformity assessment framework you apply to your weighing instruments. It can be a CE mark using the EU notified body certification (Module B and Module D) or you can use a UKCA mark. If you use a UKCA mark there is what is known as a “fast track provision” which means you can use EU notified body certification for the application of the CE mark. If you wish to use a UKCA mark it will need to be applied to the instrument or go in accompanying documents. We must remember that we cannot confirm this until the legislation has been produced which it is suggested be early in the year.  

The fifth article in Striper's 'Unlocking the European Market' we look at the EU Declaration of Conformity (DoC), your legal declaration of CE compliance. There is no set format for the DoC, so how do you know what to put on it? This article identifies key elements that are common to most directives and should be considered necessary elements of a product Declaration of Conformity Check out the latest article at https://wix.to/7ST2JQl #newblogpost #CE #regulatory #compliance #certification #DOC

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The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024 So from now on we will have to wait for the EU to publish the new laws which we will have to implement and have no input into how they are developed. They call this BREXIT what a Tory U-turn