Commercial Information Circular

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

Ref. : EIC 294/2

17 February 2022

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 141/2022

United Kingdom (UK) : UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking and UKNI marking for placing manufactured goods on the markets in Great Britain and Northern Ireland (NI)

The UK Government has published guidance on placing manufactured goods on the market in Great Britain (GB) and Northern Ireland (NI) respectively. The guidance are available at:

(in respect of GB) https://www.gov.uk/guidance/placing-manufactured-goods-on-the-market-in-great-britain;and

(in respect of NI) https://www.gov.uk/guidance/placing-manufactured-goods-on-the-market-in-northern-ireland.

2.The UKCA marking applies to goods being placed on the market in GB (England, Scotland and Wales) previously subject to the European Union (EU)'s CE marking. The UKCA marking came into effect on 1 January 2021. To allow businesses time to adjust to the new UKCA marking, businesses will be able to use the CE marking until 1 January 2023 in most cases. For details, please refer to the UK Government's guidance on using the UKCA marking, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the-ukca-marking

3.In the NI market, EU conformity markings (e.g. CE marking) continue to be used in general to show that goods meet EU rules. For goods which require mandatory third-party conformity assessment and choose to use a UK body to carry out those conformity assessment, the additional UKNI marking applies. For details, please refer to the UK Government's guidance on using the UKNI marking, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the-ukni-marking.

4.For product-specific information, please refer to the UK Government's industry guidance on product safety for businesses, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/product-safety-for-businesses-a-to-z-of-industry-guidance

5.Interested parties may also join relevant webinars provided by the UK Government. Details and registration links of the webinars are available at:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/webinars-for-using-the-ukca-marking-and-placing-goods-on-the-market-in-great-britain-and-northern-ireland

6.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Serena YUEN)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.