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CE MARKING, THE NEW UKCA MARKING
AND PREPARING FOR BREXIT
GAI technical manager Douglas Masterton clarifies the changes to CE
marking for internal fire-rated doorsets, explains the proposed change of
mandate M/101 of the Construction Products Regulation and also outlines
the post-Brexit plans for UKCA (UK Conformity Assessment) marking.
» » IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT
any dates reported are accurate
at time of going to press but can
be subject to change depending
on political developments over the
next few months.
Mandatory CE marking of
internal fire rated doorsets
Recently, CE marking has
been the subject of much debate
throughout the ironmongery and
security industries. The long-
awaited standard EN 14351-2 for
doorsets was finally published
in November 2018. This is the
product standard for performance
characteristics of internal
pedestrian doorsets and will enable
internal fire rated doorsets to be CE
marked to EN 16034:2014.
That said, companies will not be
able to CE mark internal fire rated
doorsets before the standard has
been cited in the Official Journal of
European Union (OJEU). Therefore,
depending on the date of citation,
the date for mandatory CE marking
for internal fire-rated doorsets
could be further delayed beyond
the current date of November
2019.
Both door assemblies and
doorsets will continue to be
accepted in the marketplace.
The essential differences are as
follows: A fire door set is defined
as “a complete unit consisting of
a door frame or leaves, supplied
with all essential parts from a
single source.” Whereas a fire door
assembly is defined as “a complete
assembly as installed including
door frame and one or more
leaves, together with its essential
hardware supplied from separate
sources.”
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Proposed change of
mandate M/101 of CPR
and CE marking
The mandate M/101 of the
Construction Products Regulation
(CPR) is currently under review.
A draft document has been
published by CEN (the European
Committee for Standardisation)
which omits mandatory CE
marking for hinges to EN 1935,
mechanical locking devices to
EN 12209 and electromechanical
locking devices to EN 14846.
In October 2018, GAI
conducted a survey to ask
members which existing
harmonised standards should
remain under the CPR, and to
gauge opinion on CE marking
for products relating to fire and
escape doors. Our members
were overwhelmingly in favour of
retaining all current harmonised
standards.
The GAI and IAI shared the
results of the survey with the
BSI Committees B538/1, B538/4
and also with CEN TC33/WG4
Committee in Europe. It should
be noted that no decision has yet
been made on the continuation
of CE marking of hinges and
locks.
UK Conformity Assessed
(UKCA) Marking
If the UK leaves the EU without
a deal, MHCLG (UK Ministry of
Housing, Communities and Local
Government) will introduce a
UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed)
mark on 31st October 2019.
This will apply to goods
which are currently subject
to CE marking and which are
placed on the UK market.
This would include many of
the products covered under
harmonised European standards
in the ironmongery and security
industries. It is envisaged that
for a time-limited period (still
to be determined) that existing
CE marking will be allowed.
However, once this period has
expired, anyone wishing to
place products on the UK market
will have to use the new UKCA
mark.
The UKCA marking will not be
recognised on the EU market
and therefore CE marking will
still be required for anyone
placing a product covered
by a harmonised standard on
the European market. In other
words, there is the potential that
relevant products will have to
be covered by CE and UKCA
marking simultaneously.
The UK approval certificate
for UKCA marking will be issued
only by the UK approved bodies
listed by MHCLG. All current
UK Notified Bodies for both
testing and Certification will be
asked if they wish to become
UK approval bodies listed on
the MHCLG web-site. Only
those approved will be listed for
issuing the UK approval mark, in
a similar fashion to the European
Commission and NANDO.
The current version of the
Construction Products Regulation
will be placed into UK law the
day after UK leaves the EU, but
there may be parts removed
afterwards where it is felt it
doesn’t suit the UK. The UK will
not have to accept any new
versions of the CPR when it is
revised by the Commission.
JUL/AUG 2019
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