Radiators, adhesives and high spec glass among items that could be withdrawn from the market due to lack of testing
The Construction Leadership Council is continuing discussions with government to extend the transition period from the EU testing regime of materials to the new British system.
CE markings, which have certified products across a wide array of sectors in Europe since 1985, will be replaced with the UKCA mark as part of a regulatory divergence agreed in last year’s Brexit deal.
The UK is currently in a transition period allowing both markings to be used until 31 December this year.
但从明年开始，只计划使用新的UKCA标志。
Speaking yesterday as part ofa Building and Building Design webinarPeter Caplehorn, chief executive of the Construction Products Association, said that problems with the CA mark transition comes as the industry is already contending with severe shortages of construction materials.
He said: “What we have uncovered in looking at the detail is that there are a lot of products that run through the product certification system that are caught by the fact that the UK does not have all of the testing and certification ability and capacity that it actually needs.
“This means that if we continue as a nation to stick to the deadline of 1 January next year it will mean that there is no testing and certification capability for certain products and we are currently compiling a list of the key examples.
“What that effectively means is that unless we can figure out a way around this, or, perhaps as we are suggesting to the government produce a roadmap that smooths the transition, it will mean significant delays to key products will occur because they can’t be placed on the market because they can’t get the CA mark.”
Caplehorn, who also leads the CLC’s product availability group, said the same problem existed for EU products that currently have CE marks that will not be allowed into the UK market.
He said the CLC group was making its case with the business and housing departments on the issue but that more needed to be done, adding: “I think it would be helpful if anyone wants to supply us with more examples to go to government with because we do need to explain to government that we are facing some fairly catastrophic problems if we don’t get some changes to how we are going forward.”
He said that the CLC was looking for examples of both disruption and of financial hardship caused by this issue that could be passed on to government.
Caplehorn also revealed the products that had already been identified as being an issue when it came to the certification change over.
他说:“英国还没有能力对散热器进行测试，所以这将使散热器完全停止供应。”有些铁器制造出了严重的问题，比如隐蔽的铰链。它攻击特定的点。
“密封胶和粘合剂是另一个我们强调的真正的问题和专业玻璃。任何需要测试的新玻璃系统目前在英国都没有。”
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The CE marks stands for Conformite Europeene and products stamped with the mark indicate they have met a series of health, safety and environmental requirements.
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