Extended CE Marking Recognition for Ecodesign Regulations

Overview

Energy Related Products which have the CE Mark, the European Union’s (EU) conformity mark, can currently be sold in Great Britain (GB) if they are compliant with GB’s ecodesign standards, without the need to also affix a UK Conformity Assessment (UKCA) marking. This reduces costs for manufacturers by removing the need to go through two different conformity assessment processes for selling the same goods in the EU and GB. 

On 18th July 2024, the EU brought into effect a new framework for setting ecodesign standards, the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (‘ESPR’). ESPR will replace the Ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC). The first EU ecodesign regulations made under ESPR are expected to come into force from mid-2027. 

This consultation proposes to amend the Ecodesign for Energy Related Products Regulations 2010 to extend the CE marking recognition mechanism, so that it applies to new measures made under ESPR, in the same way as measures made currently under the Ecodesign Directive. Amending the regulations to continue this recognition for products regulated under ESPR in the EU would future proof the existing policy of CE recognition and provide businesses with long-term certainty. 

We want to gather stakeholder views on the proposed extension of the recognition of CE markings for Ecodesign Regulations to apply to new measures under ESPR, in the same way as currently applies for measures made under the Ecodesign Directive.

Read the consultation document on GOV.UK.