{"id":21859,"date":"2021-09-27T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.emuca.com\/nblog\/?p=21859"},"modified":"2021-09-23T10:31:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T08:31:25","slug":"ukca-labelling-entry-into-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.emuca.com\/en\/cat\/current-news\/ukca-labelling-entry-into-force\/","title":{"rendered":"UKCA labelling: entry into force"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21859\" class=\"elementor elementor-21859 elementor-21848\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-908d775 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"908d775\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1980ef9\" data-id=\"1980ef9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a40e885 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a40e885\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emuca.co.uk\"><strong>Emuca<\/strong> <\/a>we have always committed to comply with current legislation and we know the importance of the UK market for our clients. That is why we are working on adapting our products with the sole objective of favouring compliance with the new legislation and strengthening trust with our customers.<\/p><p>On 1 January 2021, the United Kingdom ceased to be part of the EU. However, the essential requirements of the United Kingdom and the <strong>conformity assessment<\/strong> procedures, as well as the standards, are in most cases the same as those of the EU conformity process for obtaining the CE marking.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-591368b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"591368b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2c4263 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2c4263\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>What are the main differences regarding the compliance procedure after Brexit?<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11e05bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11e05bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fundamentally and for the time being, this is the <strong>UK Conformity Assessment Marking or UKCA Marking<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The UK Government granted a grace period to allow manufacturers of electrical products to prepare for the new requirements. Within this period, it is possible to commercialise the product in the UK using the CE marking in most cases. In the first instance, this period would end on January 1, 2022, however, on August 24, 2021, the British Government decided to <strong>postpone the date of entry into force of the mandatory UKCA marking until January 1, 2023<\/strong>, giving the companies one more year to adapt to the British legislation compared to initial indications.<\/p><p>It should be noted that the products that carry both the CE mark and the UKCA mark, comply with the EU requirements and the UK requirements respectively. Therefore, the UKCA mark is only valid in England, Scotland and Wales and cannot be used at all in the Northern Ireland market. Instead, in Northern Ireland the CE mark or the UK(NI) mark is used.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-245334d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"245334d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emuca.co.uk\/lighting\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.emuca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/EMUCA-UK-post-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-21774\" alt=\"Entrada en vigor marcado UKCA\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.emuca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/EMUCA-UK-post-2.jpg 890w, https:\/\/blog.emuca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/EMUCA-UK-post-2-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.emuca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/EMUCA-UK-post-2-768x388.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Emuca we have always committed to comply with current legislation and we know the importance of the UK market for our clients. That is why we are working on adapting our products with the sole objective of favouring compliance with the new legislation and strengthening trust with our customers. 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