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The UK has permanently revoked expiry dates for CE marking recognition effective October 1, 2024, allowing indefinite dual use of CE marks alongside UKCA marking. This represents a fundamental shift in post-Brexit UK conformity assessment policy, providing manufacturers with permanent regulatory flexibility for UK market access.
Following Brexit, the UK introduced UKCA marking as its domestic conformity assessment framework while maintaining temporary recognition of CE marking through transitional provisions. These provisions originally included expiry dates that would have forced manufacturers to transition exclusively to UKCA marking for UK market access. The removal of these expiry dates marks a significant departure from the UK's initial post-Brexit regulatory strategy.
This policy change affects all products requiring conformity marking for UK market placement, including electrical equipment, machinery, medical devices, construction products, and toys. Manufacturers previously faced uncertainty about long-term market access strategies and dual certification costs.
Based on practitioner intelligence, not yet confirmed by official authority sources.
The UK government removed all expiry dates and transitional provisions for CE marking recognition through legislative action effective October 1, 2024. This allows manufacturers to continue using CE marks for UK market access indefinitely, alongside or instead of UKCA marking.
The change applies across all product categories currently covered by both CE and UKCA marking requirements. Manufacturers can now choose between three compliance strategies: CE marking only, UKCA marking only, or dual marking with both CE and UKCA.