CE Marking deadline extended again

[ON 9 DECEMBER the government announced that CE marking will continue to be recognised until 30 June 2025, which includes marking for construction products. The previous deadline of 1 January already reflected an extension.

According to the guidance issued on 9 December: “Until 30 June 2025, products can continue to be supplied to the GB market without any need for reassessment or re-marking if EU requirements are met (including CE marking). To affix a CE mark, any third-party conformity assessment must continue to be carried out by an EU recognised notified body during this time. In addition, products that meet NI rules (including CE marking or CE UK(NI) marking) can be supplied to the GB market. Businesses should prepare for these provisions to end on 30 June 2025.

“Products that bear the UK mark must meet UK requirements, including that third-party assessments have been carried out by a UK-approved body.”

A further update clarified the position with regard to the government’s intention, announced in June last year, to allow manufacturers of construction products under AVCP system 3, whose products are tested by an EU notified body before 1 January 2023, to obtain a UKCA mark without having to retest through a UK-approved body. That measure will no longer be introduced.

The update states: “In recognition that legislation has not been introduced to cover this issue, and until further notice, the Office for Product Safety and Standards will not take enforcement action against any economic actor solely where the UKCA mark has been used on construction products tested by an EU recognised notified body for the purpose of CE marking, where this testing was done before 31 December 2022.” q