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Common regulatory requirements for products across Europe mean that goods can be traded freely. We work 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 are also responsible for consumer safety policy in matters relating to the safety of domestic gas and electrical appliances.
Economic operators with products that are used by consumers (whether intended for them or not) should take account of the General Product Safety Regulations which entered into force on 1 October 2005. These Regulations will apply to most products used by Consumers and introduce a number of additional requirements and obligations on all in the supply chain over and above those in the New Approach directives.
General Product Safety Regulations - Guidance for businesses, consumers & enforcement authorities has been produced by our Consumer and Competition Policy Directorate.
We work closely with our colleagues at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills who work to build a standards and conformity assessment infrastructure which meets the needs of UK industry. They manage standardisation policy issues, Government’s relations with the British Standards Institution (BSI) and the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) and provide the UK central contact point for technical regulations that have to be notified to the European Commission under Directive 98/34/EC.
Please send any comments on our Technical Regulations pages to enquiries.strd@gtnet.gov.uk