Guidance and regulation

Find out if you need to use the UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking on products you manufacture or handle.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Updated: 24 January 2024

How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
• Updated: 1 August 2023

What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Updated: 24 January 2024

Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors (including retailers).

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 11 December 2023

How to make sure that your products are properly checked for conformity and your technical documents are managed correctly.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Updated: 24 January 2024

Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 1 January 2024

Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 2 others
• Updated: 22 April 2024

Legally manufacture meters which are of the design originally approved and ensure they are verified to operate within the statutory limits.

• From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
• Updated: 13 March 2014

If the UKCA marking applies to products you manufacture or supply, you will have specific obligations and responsibilities for compliance, depending on your role.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Updated: 24 January 2024

Create an account with the UK ID issuer for business or product IDs if you're involved in the supply of tobacco products in the UK.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 8 August 2023

What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.

• From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
• Updated: 4 May 2023

Ensuring that meters register the correct quantity of gas and electricity consumed.

• From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
• Updated: 22 July 2014

Guidance for manufacturers on placing batteries and accumulators on the market.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 1 January 2021

Guidance for manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 1 January 2021

What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured goods you place on the EU market.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
• Updated: 31 December 2020

Resources for businesses.

• From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
• Updated: 28 March 2024

Guidance for suppliers and dealers.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 others
• Updated: 23 November 2023

How to apply for an exemption to use a restricted substance to manufacture electrical and electronic equipment.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 3 others
• Updated: 23 February 2023

A list of upcoming webinars on the UK’s approach to product marking and placing products on the market in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Updated: 11 March 2024

The UK battery strategy sets out the government’s vision for the UK to achieve a globally competitive battery supply chain by 2030.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Updated: 6 December 2023