G/TBT/N/GBR/49/Add.1  
 
15 November 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  15 November 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United Kingdom . 
 
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Title:  The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 14 November 2022  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[X] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 
2022 
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022 /9780348241150/introduction  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/GBR/modification/22_7777_00_e.
pdf 
New deadline for comments (if applic able):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  This is the final text for the Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment and 
Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (G/TBT/N/GBR/49), previously entitled the Product Safety 
(Amendment) Regulations 2022. As stated in the original notification, we expect this measure to 
come into force before 11pm on 31 December 2022.  
The range of product regulations in scope is unchanged. However, in addition to the measures 
contained in the original notification, the UK Government intends to extend the recognition of goods 
meeting EU requirements and markings on the market in Great Britain for a further 2 years, until 
31 December 2024. This measure intends to address urgent prob lems of public safety and national 
 
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  security, ensuring the continued supply of safe goods used in critical national infrastructure and key 
industries.  
The timings for the previously notified measures will also now reflect this timeline taking into account 
the extension of recognition of goods meeting EU requirements until 31 December 2024. The 
previously announced measures will allow action taken under EU conformity assessment procedures 
before 31 December 2024 to be treated as having been taken under the UK  conformity assessment 
procedures for the lifetime of the certificate issued, or until 31 December 2027, whichever is sooner. 
Products will be required to bear the UKCA marking after 31 December 2024 and will need to undergo 
conformity assessment with a UK  Approved Body at the expiry of the certificate or after 31 December 
2027, whichever is sooner.  
The measures will also extend current legislation allowing importer information and the UK 
conformity marking to be added to products using a label or accompany ing document, rather than 
being physically affixed on the product itself, until 31 December 2027. It also extends current 
legislation allowing details of an EU responsible person, rather than a UK responsible person, on 
cosmetic products, until 31 December  2027.  
The UK Government is seeking to support industry as much as possible to prevent immediate costs 
and burdens for businesses, which could otherwise be passed onto consumers and commercial 
supply chains, whilst maintaining high standards of product saf ety. The UK Government will engage 
with industry both in the United Kingdom and abroad to ensure they are aware of these measures.  
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