The Product Safety and Metrology etc (Amendment) (Marking and Labelling) Regulations 2024

Cost saving and productivity enhancement (TBT)

Products covered fall under the 18 product regulations under the responsibility of the Department for  Business  and Trade, the Ecodesign  for Energy-Related  Products  Regulations 2010 (Department  for  Energy Security  and  Net Zero),  the  Explosives Regulations  2014 (Department for Work and Pensions (Health and Safety Executive)), and the Restriction of  the Use  of  Certain Hazardous  Substances  in Electrical  and  Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012 (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). A full list of these regulations is attached to this notification.These regulations cover a range of manufactured products including mobile phones, lifts, industrial machinery, toys, and household appliances. Such products are included within, but are not limited to, the following HS codes: 36, 39, 73, 76, 85, 95, 96.

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36 - EXPLOSIVES; PYROTECHNIC PRODUCTS; MATCHES; PYROPHORIC ALLOYS; CERTAIN COMBUSTIBLE PREPARATIONS; 39 - PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; 73 - ARTICLES OF IRON OR STEEL; 76 - ALUMINIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF; 85 - ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES; 95 - TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTS REQUISITES; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF; 96 - MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

Labelling

The United Kingdom has announced its intention to introduce a voluntary option for businesses to use digital labelling, as an alternative to physical labelling, for certain marking and information requirements. This will apply to most manufactured products. Where the Regulations require businesses to provide a product’s UK conformity marking, manufacturer details, importer details, responsible person details (or in the case of the Aerosols Dispensers Regulations 2009, the person responsible for the marketing of the aerosol dispenser) and UK Declaration of Conformity, this will allow businesses to provide access to such marking and information through a digital link. The United Kingdom also intends to make permanent the current temporary labelling easements relating to a product’s UK conformity marking and importer details (G/TBT/N/GBR/49). Where the Regulations require businesses to provide a product’s UK conformity marking and importer details on a product, this will allow businesses to provide the same marking and details on the product’s packaging, on a label affixed to the product or the product’s packaging, or on an accompanying document. In respect of the existing importer details easement, this will be made permanent and expanded to provide more flexibility for all importers.These labelling easements will also be extended to cover a product’s manufacturer details. Where the Regulations require businesses to provide manufacturer or responsible person details (or marketer details in the case of the Aerosols Dispensers Regulations 2009) on the product, this will also allow businesses to provide these details on the product’s packaging, on a label affixed to the product or the product’s packaging, or on an accompanying document. This legislation applies to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).

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