CE marking now (phasing out ?) to become Radio Equipment Directive (RE-D) what happens in UK ?

Paul Robinson:

...who will provide the UKCA stamp ?

 

"UKCA markings must only be placed on a product by you as the manufacturer or your authorised representative" https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the-ukca-marking#when-to-use-the-ukca-marking

("Authorised representative" is there to allow an importer to apply it.)


It really is as simple as that, just as with CE marking. There's no official "stamp", it's just down to the manufacturer / importer to label the product according to the design given at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the-ukca-marking (which is deliberately provided as download files for manufacturers / importers to use). In many cases this will involve the manufacturer / importer literally printing off sticky labels and putting them on the equipment - but of course they MUST have the underlying paperwork to back it up if challenged.


UK Customs will police imported goods to check for a label (and, if they are feeling really keen, the Declaration of Conformity) - again the same as already happened with CE. As a number of UK companies found pre-Brexit when trying to supply goods to Germany without CE marks! But for a UK manufacturer supplying the UK market there's basically no policing (that I know of) that a UKCA or CE mark is applied unless an incident occurs.


Cheers,


Andy

Paul Robinson:

...who will provide the UKCA stamp ?

 

"UKCA markings must only be placed on a product by you as the manufacturer or your authorised representative" https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the-ukca-marking#when-to-use-the-ukca-marking

("Authorised representative" is there to allow an importer to apply it.)


It really is as simple as that, just as with CE marking. There's no official "stamp", it's just down to the manufacturer / importer to label the product according to the design given at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the-ukca-marking (which is deliberately provided as download files for manufacturers / importers to use). In many cases this will involve the manufacturer / importer literally printing off sticky labels and putting them on the equipment - but of course they MUST have the underlying paperwork to back it up if challenged.


UK Customs will police imported goods to check for a label (and, if they are feeling really keen, the Declaration of Conformity) - again the same as already happened with CE. As a number of UK companies found pre-Brexit when trying to supply goods to Germany without CE marks! But for a UK manufacturer supplying the UK market there's basically no policing (that I know of) that a UKCA or CE mark is applied unless an incident occurs.


Cheers,


Andy