Labelling & Marking Standards

From CE to UKCA

  1. August 2023: Government announces that it intends to scrap the end of 2024 deadline for mandatory UKCA marking. Instead the CE mark will be recognised indefinitely. This is only an indication, and does not currently include Construction Products Regulations or Ecodesign.
  2. 16 November 2021: letter from the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) re UKCA to Secretaries of State The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP and The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP
  3. Wednesday 24 August 2021, the government announced that the date for introduction of the UKCA marking had been moved to 1 January 2023.
Issued August 2023: One page guide for EDA businesses created by BEAMA
UKCA-Beama-Guide-August-2023
Updated July 2022: Download the latest guidance from BEAMA, the manufacturers' trade association:
UKCA Guide from BEAMA July 2022
Helping you navigate: quick links

From the Construction Products Association (CPA): Outsanding areas of concern not resolved by the UK-EU Trade & Cooperation Agreement (Updated 17 May 2021)

Find out if you need to use the UKCA marking, and if so how

Placing manufactured goods on the market in Great Britain

From the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)

Product safety for electrical and electronics

UK product safety and metrology guidance