UKCA认证:英国UKCA认证最新实施要求

 

UKCA(英国合格评定)标志是一个新的英国产品认证标志,适用于在英国(英格兰,威尔士和苏格兰)投放市场的商品。它涵盖了大多数以前需要CE标记的商品。仅UKCA标志不适用用于在北爱尔兰市场上投放的商品,北爱尔兰需要CE标志或UK(NI)标志。2021年1月1日起,将开始实施UKCA标志。

 

The UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking is a new UK product marking that will be used for goods being placed on the market in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland). It covers most goods which previously required the CE marking.The UKCA marking alone cannot be used for goods placed on the Northern Ireland market, which require the CE marking or UK(NI) marking.Using the UKCA mark from 1 January 2021.

  

Find out if you will need to use the new UKCA marking and how to use it.

以下您可以了解您是否需要使用UKCA标志以及如何使用它。

 

1.Check whether you will need to use the new UKCA marking

   您的产品是否需要UKCA标志?

 

Selling goods in Great Britain. The UKCA marking will apply to most goods currently subject to the CE marking. It will also apply to aerosol products. From 1 January 2021 the technical requirements (‘essential requirements’) you must meet – and the conformity assessment processes and standards that can be used to demonstrate conformity – will be largely the same as they are now.

在英国销售商品,UKCA标志将适用于当前受CE标志限制的大多数商品。 它还将适用于气雾剂产品。2021年1月1日起,必须满足的技术要求(“基本要求”)以及可用于证明合格性的合格评定过程和标准将与现在基本相同。

 

The UKCA marking can be used from 1 January 2021. However, to allow businesses time to adjust to the new requirements, you will still be able to use the CE marking until 1 January 2022 in most cases.

UKCA标志可从2021年1月1日开始使用。但是,为了让企业有时间适应新要求,在大多数情况下,仍然可以在2022年1月1日之前使用CE标志。

  

2.When to use the UKCA marking

   何时实施UKCA标志?

 

You will need to use the new UKCA marking immediately after 1 January 2021 if all of the following apply. Your product:

•is for the market in Great Britain

•is covered by legislation which requires the UKCA marking

•requires mandatory third-party conformity assessment

•conformity assessment has been carried out by a UK conformity assessment body and you haven’t transferred your conformity assessment files from your UK body to an EU recognised body before 1 January 2021

如果符合以下所有条件,则需要在2021年1月1日之后立即使用新的UKCA标志。 您的产品:

•用于英国市场

•涵盖在UKCA标志要求的范围内

•需要强制性第三方合格评定

•合格性评估由英国合格性评估机构完成,但尚未在2021年1月1日之前将合格性评估文件从英国机构转移到欧盟认可的机构

  

3.Placing the UKCA marking

   如何加贴UKCA标志?

 

In most cases, you must apply the UKCA marking to the product itself or to the packaging. In some cases, it may be placed on the manuals or on other supporting literature. This will vary depending on the specific regulations that apply to the product.

在大多数情况下,您必须在产品本身或包装上加贴UKCA标志。在某些情况下,它可能放在手册或其他配套文献上。这将根据适用于该产品的特定法规而有所不同。

 

The following general rules apply:

•UKCA markings must only be placed on a product by you as the manufacturer or your authorised representative (where allowed for in the relevant legislation)

•when attaching the UKCA marking, you take full responsibility for your product’s conformity with the requirements of the relevant legislation

•you must only use the UKCA marking to show product conformity with the relevant UK legislation

•you must not place any marking or sign that may misconstrue the meaning or form of the UKCA marking to third parties

•you must not attach other markings on the product which affect the visibility, legibility or meaning of the UKCA marking

•the UKCA marking cannot be placed on products unless there is a specific requirement to do so in the legislation

以下基本规则适用:

•UKCA标志只能由制造商或您的授权代表在产品上加贴(在相关法律允许的范围内);

•加贴UKCA标志时,您应对产品符合相关法规的要求承担全部责任;

• UKCA标志只表明产品符合英国相关法规;

• 不得加贴任何可能误解UKCA标记的含义或形式的标记或标志提供给第三方

• 不得在产品上附加影响 UKCA标记的可见性,易读性或含义的其他标记

• 除非法律有特殊要求,否则不得在产品上放置UKCA标志

 

4.Rules for using the UKCA image

   UKCA图标使用要求

 

You must make sure that:

•if you reduce or enlarge the size of your marking, the letters forming the UKCA marking must be in proportion to the version set out below

•the UKCA marking is at least 5mm in height – unless a different minimum dimension is specified in the relevant legislation

•the UKCA marking is easily visible, legible (from 1 January 2023 it must be permanently attached)

必须确保如下:

•如果减小或扩大标志的大小,必须等比例进行;

•UKCA标志的高度至少为5mm-除非相关法柜规定了不同的最小尺寸

•UKCA标志明显可见,清晰易读(自2023年1月1日起,必须永久粘贴)
 

 5.Technical documentation

   技术文档

 

You, or your authorised representative (where allowed for in the relevant legislation), must keep documentation to demonstrate that your product conforms with the regulatory requirements. This must be kept for up to 10 years after the product is placed on the market. This information can be requested at any time by market surveillance or enforcement authorities to check that your product conforms with the statutory requirements.

您或您的授权代表(在相关法规允许的范围内)必须保留文件以证明您的产品符合法规要求。 产品投放市场后,技术文档必须保存长达10年。市场监督或执法机构可随时要求提供此信息,以检查您的产品是否符合法定要求。

 

The information you must keep will vary depending on the specific legislation relevant to your product. You must keep general records of:

•how the product is designed and manufactured

•how the product has been shown to conform to the relevant requirements

•the addresses of the manufacturer and any storage facilities

 

您必须保留的信息将根据与产品相关的特定法规而有所不同。 您必须保留以下方面的基本记录:

•产品的设计和制造方式

•如何证明产品符合相关要求

•制造商和任何存储设施的地址

 

You should keep the information in the form of a technical file which can be supplied if requested by a market surveillance authority.

您应以技术文件的形式保存信息,如果市场监督机构要求,可以提供该文件。

 

 

6.UK Declaration of Conformity

   符合性声明

 

The UK Declaration of Conformity is a document which must be drawn up for most products lawfully bearing a UKCA marking.

根据法规要求,合法带有UKCA标志的产品必须起草一份符合性声明。

 

In the document you as the manufacturer, or your authorised representative (where allowed for in the relevant legislation), should:declare that the product is in conformity with the relevant statutory requirements applicable to the specific product;make sure the document has the name and address of the manufacturer (or your authorised representative) together with information about the product and the conformity assessment body (where relevant).

文件中您作为制造商或您的授权代表(在相关法律允许的范围内)应:声明该产品符合适用于特定产品的相关法定要求;确保文件上有制造商(或您的授权代表)的名称和地址,以及有关产品和合格评定机构的信息(如果有)。

 

The UK Declaration of Conformity should be available to market surveillance authorities on request.

市场监督机构可要求获得《英国符合性声明》。

 

The information required on the Declaration of Conformity will be largely the same as what is currently required on an EU Declaration of Conformity. This can vary depending on the application legislation but generally should include:

•your name and full business address or that of your authorised representative

•the product’s serial number, model or type identification

•a statement, stating you take full responsibility for the product’s compliance

•the details of the approved body which carried out the conformity assessment procedure (if applicable)

•the relevant legislation with which the product complies

•your name and signature

•the date the declaration was issued

•supplementary information (if applicable)

符合性声明中所需的信息与欧盟符合性声明中当前所需的信息基本相同。

可能会根据应用法规而有所不同,但通常应包括:

•您的名称和完整的公司地址或授权代表的名称和完整的公司地址

•产品的序列号,型号或类型识别

•声明,说明您对产品的合规性负全部责任

•进行合格评定程序的认可机构的详细信息(如果适用)

•产品符合的相关法规

•您的姓名和签名

•声明签发日期

•补充信息(如果适用)

 

You will need to list:relevant UK rather than EU legislation;UK designated standards rather than standards cited in the Official Journal of the European Union.

您将需要列出:英国相关法规,而非欧盟法规;英国指定的标准,而不是《欧盟官方期刊》中引用的标准。

 

On 1 January 2021 the UK standards will be the same in substance and with the same reference as the standards used in the EU. However, they will use the prefix ‘BS’ to indicate that they are standards adopted by the British Standards Institution as the UK’s national standards body.

从2021年1月1日起,英国标准的实质和参考标准将与欧盟使用的标准相同。 但是,它们将使用前缀“ BS”来表示它们是作为英国国家标准机构的英国标准协会采用的标准。

 

 

7.Product areas covered by the UKCA marking
   UKCA标志涵盖的产品区域
 

•Toy safety/玩具安全

•Recreational craft and personal watercraft/娱乐船和私人船只

•Simple pressure vessels/简单压力容器

•Electromagnetic compatibility/电磁兼容

•Non-automatic weighing instruments/非自动称量仪器

•Measuring instruments/测量仪器

•Lifts/升降机

•ATEX/防爆设备

•Radio equipment/无线电设备

•Pressure equipment/压力设备

•Personal protective equipment/个人保护设备

•Gas appliances/燃气用具

•Machinery/机械

•Outdoor noise/室外噪音

•Ecodesign/生态设计

•Aerosols/气溶胶

•Low voltage electrical equipment/低压电器设备

•Restriction of hazardous substances/有害物质限制

 

Products covered by the UKCA marking but have some special rules/UKCA标志涵盖的产品,但有一些特殊规则:

•medical devices/医疗设备

•rail interoperability/铁路互通性

•construction products/建筑产品

•civil explosives/民用炸药

 

 

8.Transitional measures relating to the UKCA marking
    与UKCA标志有关的过渡措施

 

For many product types (listed above), the following transitional measures apply.

对于许多产品类型(上面列出的),适用以下过渡措施。

 

Until 1 January 2023, for most goods (other than those subject to special rules) you have the option to affix the UKCA marking on a label affixed to the product or on an accompanying document. The economic operators (whether manufacturer, importer or distributor) should take reasonable steps to ensure the UKCA marking remains in place. Products that require the UKCA marking cannot be made available without it (other than where the CE marking is being used before 1 January 2022).

在2023年1月1日之前,对于大多数商品(受特殊规则约束的商品除外),您可以选择在产品的标签或随附文件上粘贴UKCA标志。 经济经营者(无论是制造商,进口商还是分销商)应采取合理步骤,以确保UKCA标志保持不变。 要求UKCA标志的产品必须有UKCA标志才能生产(除非在2022年1月1日之前使用CE标志)。

 

From 1 January 2023, the UKCA marking must, in most cases, be affixed directly to the product. You should start building this into your design process ready for this date.

从2023年1月1日开始,在大多数情况下,必须将UKCA标志直接加贴在产品上。 您应该为此准备好开始将其构建到设计过程中。

 

Construction products, medical devices, interoperability of the rail system and transportable pressure equipment are covered by the UKCA marking, however the above transitional measures are not applicable.

UKCA标志涵盖了建筑产品,医疗设备,导轨系统互通性和可移动压力设备,但是上述过渡性措施不适用。

 

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