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Assessment and Certification (UKCA or UK(NI) marking)

Businesses can benefit from continued compliance with recognised EU regulations with conformity assessment undertaken by an EU Notified Body.

Conformity marking for different markets

Current legislation allows you to place civil explosive products on the market in Great Britain using either:

  • CE marking
  • UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking Note: new applications are no longer being accepted

GB and EU markets

Alternatively, you can make use of the UK's recognition of EU requirements to place civil explosives on both the GB and EU markets.

Using CE marking for civil explosive products on the GB market

You can place a civil explosive product on the market in GB with the CE marking if you:

  1. Demonstrate compliance with the relevant EU essential requirements
  2. Complete the correct EU conformity assessment procedure
  3. Provide all required technical documents, including an EU declaration of conformity (DoC) in English and
  4. Apply the CE marking to your product
  5. Ensure the product is accompanied by instructions and safety information, written in English, that is clear, legible and easily understood.

Using UKCA marking to demonstrate compliance with EU requirements

You can also place a civil explosive product on the GB market with a UKCA marking where you have demonstrated compliance with EU essential requirements.

You must:

  • check your product meets EU and GB essential requirements
  • ensure the relevant EU conformity assessments are complete,
  • provide all technical documents in English

If you apply the UKCA marking to your product you will need to ensure that the product is accompanied by a GB declaration of conformity (DoC). The GB DoC must be in English and list compliance with the relevant GB or EU legislation that has been met.

If you chose to use UKCA marking on your product, do not apply the EU Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) ID number next to the UKCA marking. Instead, include the EU CAB ID number in the GB declaration of conformity (DoC), which you must supply with the product.

The conformity marking scenarios on GOV.UK show the different conformity assessment markings which manufacturers may use to place goods on the GB market.

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