The British Pump Producers Affiliation (BPMA), on behalf of the £1.9 billion UK pump sector has welcomed the current announcement from the Division of Enterprise and Commerce concerning the indefinite extension to the usage of CE marking for UK companies (Textual content: courtesy of the BPMA).
The CE (Conformité Européenne) mark is used throughout Europe to certify that a variety of things – together with pumps and associated tools – meet stringent product security requirements. As a member of the European Union, the UK had for many years adopted the usage of this security marking for merchandise being offered each throughout the UK and all through the European continent.
Nevertheless, as a part of a variety of proposed post-Brexit legislative adjustments, the Authorities had deliberate for this security marking to get replaced by a brand new UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) mark for all items offered in Nice Britain from the tip of 2024; a deadline which had already endured a number of postponements and extensions.
UK companies and their respective commerce organisations have for a few years been calling on the authorities to increase the usage of the long-established CE mark, explaining that forcing them to satisfy the brand new UK guidelines, which merely duplicates EU product requirements, would add a big and pointless value burden to UK trade. With the UKCA mark not being recognised within the EU, and solely required for items being offered in Nice Britain, manufactures would have wanted to undertake each conformity protocols for merchandise destined for each marketplaces. Notably, this may have additionally been the case for all abroad producers wishing to promote merchandise into the UK.
The BPMA has been distinguished amongst these rising voices of objection, having pushed for the retention of the CE Mark from the second a UK alternative had been instructed. Wayne Rose, Director and CEO on the BPMA stated of this newest announcement: “Our pump manufacturing members have all the time been on the forefront of know-how adoption, while looking for enchancment positive factors for each sustainability and power effectivity. They’ve additionally led the best way in growing the present European security requirements, and so we welcome this determination by the Division of Enterprise & Commerce, as a standard sense and pragmatic strategy to helping UK Business.”
Rose continued: “A few of our bigger members have already endured the unwelcomed expense and paperwork of twin security mark adoption, merely to proceed promoting the identical merchandise to the identical markets, so though they too will welcome this announcement, a great deal of wasted time, effort and value has already been spent. For our smaller members, they are going to be relieved that the cliff-edge deadline of UKCA mark adoption has been eliminated, and that they’ll now redirect their efforts into product innovation and enterprise development.
The complete announcement could be discovered right here: https://www.gov.uk/authorities/information/uk-government-announces-extension-of-ce-mark-recognition-for-businesses
Full particulars on the work and steering being provided by the BPMA could be discovered on its web site – https://www.bpma.org.uk – or you may request extra info by contacting s.smith@bpma.org.uk.
