Changing the markings for UK and NI should now be a problem, as it is now  CE marking is often not really worth the ink, there is no real enforcement inspectorate and makers can and often do declare compliance and affix a valid mark without actually realizing which standards they should be meeting, let alone testing to them.

Mainly it lulls purchasers into a false sense that somebody else has inspected it, and they do not need to. This is not true, and this lamp is a case in point.

Mike.

Sparkingchip: 
 

I thought we had - isn't it a “UKCA” (and UKNI) mark now?

   - Andy.

 

Postponed taking its introduction to January 2023 due to not getting it organised.

https://rcimag.co.uk/news/ukca-marking-deadline-extended-by-a-year

Isn't that just the end of the transition period? I thought it has already started on 1-Jan-2021 - so the UKCA and UKNI marks should already in use - although the CE mark is still, for the moment, an acceptable alternative.

   - Andy.

Anyone able to give an example of a UKCA marked product?

Sparkingchip: 
 

Anyone able to give an example of a UKCA marked product?

There are quite a few out there, but one we've seen recently on this Forum, the MK Logic Plus Rapid Fix double socket-outlet. Have a look at the rear view, bottom-left, you will see the UKCA mark: 

Whilst UKCA can be used now, the formal transition from CE to UKCA/UKNI has, however, been put back until 31 December 2022 now (i.e. will be mandatory for products put on the UK market from 1 January 2023). See here: 

There are quite a few out there, but one we've seen recently on this Forum, the MK Logic Plus Rapid Fix double socket-outlet.

So it does. Does that mean they can't sell them into NI then?

   -  Andy.

Now, now Andy J.

It makes sense that the new to market double socket is UKCA marked rather than CE, because it's a product not generally used in Europe and it's new.

I'm not sure how that will work in the countries that do use 13 amp plugs and sockets like Malta.

AJJewsbury: 
 

There are quite a few out there, but one we've seen recently on this Forum, the MK Logic Plus Rapid Fix double socket-outlet.

So it does. Does that mean they can't sell them into NI then?

   -  Andy.

What's the problem? It has a CE mark below the UKCA mark if you look closely.

CE is fine for Northern Ireland.

UKNI is only required for products that require third-party conformity assessment, the product is to be sold in NI, and where the assessment body is based in the UK. UKNI mark accompanies the CE mark.

Simples (?) ? … well, not very ?

Sparkingchip: 
 

Now, now Andy J.

It makes sense that the new to market double socket is UKCA marked rather than CE, because it's a product not generally used in Europe and it's new.

I'm not sure how that will work in the countries that do use 13 amp plugs and sockets like Malta.

The CE mark is there too - see previous post. I guess, then, it will be OK for Cyprus etc.

True, I just blew the picture up on a 32" monitor ?

The answer to the original question is along the lines of what I was expecting, so didn't come as a surprise.

There's the whole of Ireland as a potential market, not just the North so the socket manufacturers aren't going to deny themselves access to that market.

It has a CE mark below the UKCA mark if you look closely.

Ah, good. I'd not managed to spot that on my laptop!

   - Andy.