Thank you common sense - CE content

[DSLiverpool]

I’ve been discussing having to relabel thousands of boxes in FBA and 3PL from CE to UKCA - only a quick scan on linked in to see the latest guru spouting the bleeding obvious drew my eye to our very own Chris White from American Audio who posted this golden nugget.

“The deadline for when businesses need to use the UKCA mark has been extended.

You can continue to use the CE marking and reversed epsilon marking on the GB market until 31 December 2024.”

Such a bloody relief tempered with my clients 3pl didn’t know ffs.

Edited by DSLiverpool on Tuesday 29th November 21:35

[pghstochaj]

It’s not been talked about too much as it seems like a second u turn and exposing how useless the U.K. is.

Anyway, the labelling rules were put forward for relaxation in July 2022 so that was always foreseen. The extension to 2024 is only for products under BEIS remember, so items under other departments such as construction products have not yet been agreed for extension.

Bizarre situation. The U.K. will have no significant steel imports during January unless extended.

[ToastMan76]

Can I just ask, why would you still not have UKCA marked items? We have been labelling with it for over a year now already, just both UKCA and CE?

[pghstochaj]

ToastMan76 said:

Can I just ask, why would you still not have UKCA marked items? We have been labelling with it for over a year now already, just both UKCA and CE?

Try getting steel that can be used in a ukca marked products, it’s bordering on impossible right now.

Try dealing with small non-uk companies that do not see the value in re-certifying with Approved Bodies.

Try having a complex product comprises a large number of elements but together need to be certified.

There’s a reason why the construction industry has been applying so much pressure on this, and UKAS.