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Further extension of the deadline for UKCA marking
Update: Further extension of the deadline for UKCA marking In January 2021, the United Kingdom Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking came into effect to begin replacing the European Union’s CE marking on products sold in Great Britain, with the exception of Northern Ireland which continues to use CE markings. Originally, the UKCA marking was supposed to […]
CLP Annex VIII in Great Britain: update to notification procedures
In early 2022, Great Britain’s National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) announced that poison centre notification (PCN) according to Annex VIII harmonized format was retroactively mandatory for consumer and professional use mixtures placed on the Great Britain (GB) market after January 1, 2021. This announcement left chemical manufacturers and suppliers scrambling to get their notifications in […]
CLP Annex VIII in Great Britain: What’s the scoop?
As part of Brexit, Great Britain (GB) replaced the European Union (EU) Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemical Substances and Mixtures (CLP) Regulation with the GB CLP Regulation effective January 1, 2021. This meant that GB-based importers and downstream users were not obligated to submit poison centre notification to GB’s National Poisons Information Service (NPIS), […]
Deadline extended for UKCA marking by one year
Until recently, products sold in Great Britain used the European Union’s CE marking to signify that the product meets all the legal health, safety, and environmental protection requirements as defined by the EU’s harmonization legislation. However, due to Brexit, the UK government is now requiring that certain products sold in Great Britain (England, Scotland, […]
Brexit guidance to help UK organizations comply with REACH chemical regulations
The United Kingdom (UK) has left the European Union (EU), and the Brexit transition period ends this this year. On 1 January 2021 UK REACH, the UK’s independent chemicals regulatory framework, comes into force. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has published guidance to help UK companies achieve compliance with REACH chemical […]