UK - The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024

​The United Kingdom has announced its intention to provide businesses with the flexibility to continue to place goods that meet current EU requirements, including the CE marking, on the market in Great Britain. This will apply to most manufactured products and this approach will cover 21 product regulations.

The United Kingdom also intends to introduce a ‘Fast-Track UKCA’ measure, allowing manufacturers to use the UKCA marking to demonstrate compliance, in GB, with either UKCA product requirements or EU product requirements where they are recognized. Where products are covered by multiple regulations, a mixture of both UKCA and CE conformity assessment procedures can be used.

For the restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS) in electrical equipment regulation, we are taking a two-part approach. Where products meet the maximum concentration values set out in Annex II to the EU RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU), we will continue to recognize current EU regulations and CE marking. Where a product relies on an exemption, we will also continue to recognize current EU regulations and CE marking provided there is an equivalent exemption under the GB RoHS regulations.

This legislation applies to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and does not apply in Northern Ireland.

Proposed date of adoption: April 2024
Proposed date of entry into force: October 2024​​