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» A NEW TECHNICAL briefing has been launched to keep door hardware professionals at the forefront of changes to conformity marking .
The Guidance on conformity marking , third party testing , assessment and certification technical briefing , written by the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers ( GAI ) and the Door & Hardware Federation ( DHF ), gives a comprehensive overview of the changes door hardware professionals must prepare for in advance of 1 January 2022 .
When the UK left the EU , the UKCA mark was introduced in Great Britain to replace the CE mark . Wherever CE marking might have applied , UKCA marking is currently optional for products placed on the market
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in Great Britain until the end of 2021 but will be mandatory from the start of next year .
The technical briefing , originally launched in 2020 , has been updated to include both UKCA and CE + UKNI marking . It is broken down into five sections
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covering : conformity marking ; harmonised and designated standards ; methodologies of testing and assessment ; fire resistance assessment reports ; and third-party product certification .
The guide also includes a helpful graphic showing the product marking sales territories and which form of product marking can be used in Great Britain , Northern Ireland and the EU .
Douglas Masterson , technical manager of the GAI , said :
“ We have written this briefing to ensure that both GAI and DHF members were clear on the differences between conformity marking , third party testing , assessment and certification , as well as what their responsibilities are going forward . We will continue to make members aware
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of any developments and provide as much technical support as possible to help them navigate these changes .”
Michael Skelding , General Manager at the DHF , said :
“ With the current changes to conformity marking , we felt that it was important to clarify the situation to minimise any confusion . We hope that the new guide will achieve this aim , while preserving the user-friendly format of the previous edition . For those who need more detail , further advice is available from our website .”
To download the guide , visit the GAI or DHF website : www . gai . org . uk / GAI _ DHF _ UKCAMark http :// bit . ly / DHFGAI-CEMarking
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