UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) Marking, Information and Declarations for PPE

Tarasafe 24 Sep, 2021Business

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) placed on the market in Great Britain From 1st January 2021, the United Kingdom has introduced a new conformity assessment regime for goods placed on the market in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland). The UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking is the new UK Product marking that covers most goods which previously required the CE marking. The European PPE regulation (EU) 2016/425 has been adopted into the UK law and amended for use. The procedures, modules and risk categories have all been incorporated, so PPE has to go through the same procedures for the UKCA marks as it did for the CE marking. The notified bodies based in the United Kingdom have all now become UK-Approved Bodies with the same scope as before. The European list of Harmonised Standards was adopted as UK Designated Standards.