The British Approvals Service for Cables (BASEC) has been selected as the Approved Body for the UK Construction Products Regulation (CPR) by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
Following the Brexit trade agreements, the question arose on the mutual recognition agreement of conformity assessments between EU and UK testing and certification bodies around the CPR.
A statement from MHCLG said: “The agreement that was reached with the EU at the end of 2020 did not include a provision which would allow for mutual recognition of conformity assessment. Our understanding of the EU Commission’s position is that type test reports issued by UK notified bodies will no longer be valid for the EU market from 1 January 2021. Test type reports issued by UK Notified Bodies will continue to be valid for the Great Britain market, and will allow manufacturers to affix the UKCA marking.
“The UK’s position is that it is down to individual UK bodies to decide whether or not to accept EU-issued type test reports to enable UKCA marking and ultimately whether or not retesting is required.”