Common regulatory requirements for products across Europe mean that goods can be traded freely. The DTI's Standards and Technical Regulations Directorate (STRD) works to negotiate technical regulations at European level and implement them into UK law. Products that comply carry the familiar CE marking, and cover a vast range of items from common household electrical goods to heavy industrial machinery. We offer a comprehensive range of guidance material on the EU Directives and corresponding UK Regulations.

We work to build a standards, testing and certification infrastructure which meets the needs of UK industry, through a range of policy activities and through our relations on behalf of Government with the British Standards Institution (BSI) and the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

We are also responsible for consumer safety policy in matters relating to the safety of domestic gas and electrical appliances.

Together with BSI and the CBI we are currently working to develop a National Standardisation Strategic Framework (NSSF).

See our sitemap for the full range of our activities, or who's who for our contact details, and be sure to check our What's New page regularly to catch the latest developments including public consultations.