The adoption of the Britain-only rival to EU’s CE product mark has been postponed ‘indefinitely’, say ministers.
The UK government has bowed to pressure from businesses and dropped rules to force companies to use the new UKCA mark, a post-Brexit replacement for the EU’s “CE” product quality mark.
The “indefinite” postponement has been welcomed by industry and has come after more than two years of lobbying to drop the move.
Government has long portrayed the UKCA safety mark as a way the country can “take back control of our product regulations” in the wake of Brexit.
But plans to establish a rival to the CE mark, which assures the safety of electronic, industrial and consumer goods, have been deeply unpopular with manufacturers and traders who see them as a huge burden.
The government said that under the indefinite delay, businesses would be free to use either the UKCA or the CE mark when placing goods on the UK market.