Whilst my summer holidays the other week in the sun drenched Canaries, a news alert buzzed intrusively on my phone (never switch off me) making me very nearly drop half my pina-colado all over my wife…’CE marking extended indefinitely’.
Yep, so the news was in and all over LinkedIn and gov.uk that the UK government was to extend recognition of the CE marking indefinitely meaning that British companies will be able to continue the use of the CE mark across a range of product categories that include toys, pyrotechnics, lifts, gas appliances, radio equipment, PPE, machinery and aerosols. This is all part of a package of what is being called ‘smarter regulations’ designed to ease business burdens and help grow the economy by cutting barriers and red tape. More on that next time around…
So, the government after 3 years has finally listened it seems and done the decent thing but what a head spin and an about turn. As ministers swan off on their hols, (yep you might have heard that our Rishi has jetted off west coast style California potentially dreaming up his next ruse)…businesses are left to let the news sink in and consider their next move.
Arguably in the long run this about turn has to be a good thing…
For those that hadn’t started applying the UKCA mark, time and money will be saved – no more uncertainty and simplification will be order of the day.
Welcome news for manufacturers across the UK as right now the UK hasn’t diverged from EU standards for manufactured goods and as such were facing having to use the new UKCA and CE mark if trading with the EU meaning conformity testing and relabelling of products.
Great news in respects of reducing the possibility of divergence between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
However, not so positive short term for those that have already applied the UKCA and incurred the costs as a result from the testing and certification services of a UK approved body to supply to the GB market. If I was a betting man, I think litigation will follow shortly…
Not so good (for now) for construction products as this falls under the remit of DLUHC and as such will continue to face the deadlines in place to conform to UKCA. Real kick in the teeth there…
And then for CAB’s this will be immensely challenging times as the demand for its services might very well ‘drop of the cliff’ after all the work they have put in to align their services to helping businesses gain UKCA accreditation.
If you’ve been impacted by this announcement and would like advice on the best way forward, DM me…..
Yep, so the news was in and all over LinkedIn and gov.uk that the UK government was to extend recognition of the CE marking indefinitely meaning that British companies will be able to continue the use of the CE mark across a range of product categories that include toys, pyrotechnics, lifts, gas appliances, radio equipment, PPE, machinery and aerosols. This is all part of a package of what is being called ‘smarter regulations’ designed to ease business burdens and help grow the economy by cutting barriers and red tape. More on that next time around…
So, the government after 3 years has finally listened it seems and done the decent thing but what a head spin and an about turn. As ministers swan off on their hols, (yep you might have heard that our Rishi has jetted off west coast style California potentially dreaming up his next ruse)…businesses are left to let the news sink in and consider their next move.
Arguably in the long run this about turn has to be a good thing…
For those that hadn’t started applying the UKCA mark, time and money will be saved – no more uncertainty and simplification will be order of the day.
Welcome news for manufacturers across the UK as right now the UK hasn’t diverged from EU standards for manufactured goods and as such were facing having to use the new UKCA and CE mark if trading with the EU meaning conformity testing and relabelling of products.
Great news in respects of reducing the possibility of divergence between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
However, not so positive short term for those that have already applied the UKCA and incurred the costs as a result from the testing and certification services of a UK approved body to supply to the GB market. If I was a betting man, I think litigation will follow shortly…
Not so good (for now) for construction products as this falls under the remit of DLUHC and as such will continue to face the deadlines in place to conform to UKCA. Real kick in the teeth there…
And then for CAB’s this will be immensely challenging times as the demand for its services might very well ‘drop of the cliff’ after all the work they have put in to align their services to helping businesses gain UKCA accreditation.
If you’ve been impacted by this announcement and would like advice on the best way forward, DM me…..