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UPDATE September 2024: Construction products with CE marking still accepted in the UK

On 2 September 2024, the British Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government issued a ministerial statement announcing that the CE marking for construction products will continue to be recognised in the UK.

The planned switch from CE labelling to a separate UKCA label has been postponed indefinitely.

Brexit also affects the CE marking of products: During a transitional period products from the EU sold on the British market were or are still allowed to bear the CE marking. After that, only the UKCA mark will be permitted – the newly developed British conformity mark.

With the UK’s exit from the EU, the procedure for product marking will also change. Until now, the following also applied to Great Britain: Products that are sold within the EU and for which an EU product standard exists  must meet the requirements of this standard – this is verified with the CE mark.

Instead of the EU product standards, so-called Designated Standards now apply in Great Britain, which correspond to the harmonised EU product standards in terms of content. Compliance with these British standards is marked with a newly developed conformity mark – the UKCA mark. The required inspections and tests can – according to the current status – only be carried out by British certification bodies (UKCA Approved Bodies).

Originally, construction products were also subject to UK regulation – however, the deadline was initially pushed back further and further until 30 June 2025 was confirmed as the deadline in August 2023. In a ministerial statement from September 2024, however, the deadline was postponed indefinitely – meaning that construction products with CE marking will continue to be accepted on the UK market after 30 June 2025 – as of September 2024.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/construction-products-regulation-in-great-britain

Subject to change without notice; last updated: October 16th, 2024

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Unfortunately, the eco-INSTITUT cannot become an official UK-approved body, as according to current regulations, only bodies with registered offices and testing activities in the UK are recognised. However, as we are a European notified body, our measurements can be used for placing on the market in the UK at least until mid-2025 according to the above-mentioned regulation. After this date, however, UKCA certification bodies in the UK may continue to recognise our test reports as part of their assessment and discretion. Here you can find recognised UK conformity assessment bodies for construction products: UK Market Conformity Assessment Bodies – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Please note that we are a testing body for emission tests (e.g. formaldehyde, VOC) within the scope of product assessments.

The following products can be tested by eco-INSTITUT* for the requirements of the CE mark:

construction products

*The eco-INSTITUT is notified according to Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011 (EU Construction Products Regulation).

Identification number: 2097

EUROPA – European Commission – Growth – Regulatory policy – NANDO

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according to Annex V No. 2 (3) for products of the

  • EN14041:2004 resilient, textile and laminate floor coverings
  • EN 14342:2013, Wood flooring and parquet – Characteristics, evaluation of conformity and marking

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