UK Government Announces CE Mark Recognition Extension

The Department for Business and Trade (UK) has announced an indefinite extension to the use of CE marking for businesses.

The Government intends to extend recognition of the CE marking for placing most goods on the market in Great Britain, indefinitely, beyond December 2024. These updates apply to the 18 regulations that fall under the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). These are:

• toys
• pyrotechnics
• recreational craft and personal watercraft
• simple pressure vessels
• electromagnetic compatibility
• non-automatic weighing instruments
• measuring instruments
• measuring container bottles
• lifts
• equipment for potentially explosive atmospheres (ATEX)
• radio equipment
• pressure equipment
• personal protective equipment (PPE)
• gas appliances
• machinery
• equipment for use outdoors
• aerosols
• low voltage electrical equipment

There are different rules for medical devices, construction products, cableways, transportable pressure equipment, unmanned aircraft systems, rail products, marine equipment and Ecodesign. The relevant departments covering these sectors either have communicated, or will communicate, plans in due course.

No announcement about CPR yet (which still stands at 30 June 2025).

MCA have confirmed that this change does not affect MER UKCA requirements.