STEP BY STEP GUIDE: UKNI MARKThis guide tells you how to use the new UKNI marking in Northern Ireland. There is a separate guide for using the UKCA marking which is requiredfor placing goods on the market in Great Britain.
IWHAT BUSINESSES NEED TO KNOW?
What is the UKNI marking?
The UKNI marking is a new conformity marking for products placed on the market in Northern Ireland (NI) which have undergone mandatory thirdparty conformity assessment by a body based in the UK. It is always applied with the CE marking.
The UKNI marking is not used if you are able to self-declare your goods are compliant, under the relevant EU legislation that applies in NI, or if you
use an EU Notified Body for any mandatory conformity assessment/testing. In these cases, you can still use the CE marking to place goods on theNorthern Ireland market. Further guidance on placing goods on the Northern Ireland market is available here.
This guidance explains how to use the marking and the changes to conformity assessment.
The conformity assessment process covered in this step-by-step guide does not apply to goods in the following categories: medical devices,rail interoperability products, construction products and civil explosives.
iWHAT BUSINESSES NEED TO DO?iEnsure your business has taken the necessary steps:
The UKNI marking is a new conformity marking for products placed on the market in Northern Ireland whichhave undergone mandatory third-party conformity assessment by a body based in the UK. It is always
applied with the CE marking.
The list below outlines those products which will require a UKNI marking. You can check here or in theproduct legislation to check whether your product requires a UKNI marking.

Step 1:
Check if yourproduct requires theUKNI marking

Step 2: Check if you
need third party
conformity
assessment

Aerosols
Appliances burning gaseous fuels
Cableway installations designed to carry persons
Certain hazardous substances in electrical andelectronic equipment
Eco-design of energy related productsElectromagnetic compatibility
Equipment and protective systems intended for use
in potentially explosive atmospheres
Hot-water boilers
Household refrigerators and freezers
Lifts
Low voltage electrical equipment

Machinery
Measuring instruments
Noise emission in the environment
Non-automatic weighing instruments
Personal protective equipment
Pressure equipment
Pyrotechnics
Radio and telecommunications terminal equipment
Recreational craft and personal watercraft
Safety of toys
Simple pressure vessels

Find out whether you need to self-declare or use a third-party conformity assessment.
Identify the applicable EU legislation or harmonised standards and use this to identify the conformity
assessment procedure. required for your product.

Third party conformity assessment applies where:••

you are placing certain goods (mostly those goods subject to the CE marking and aerosolcontainers) on the NI market.
third party conformity assessment is mandatory.

If you self-declare or your conformity assessment is carried out by an EU Notified Body, you do not need toadd the UKNI marking and must continue using the CE marking when placing goods on the market in NI.
You should determine the appropriate route for your conformity marking.
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Step 3 : Check theappropriate routefor conformity•If you are using a UK Notified Body, you need to apply a UKNI marking, in addition to the CE
marking i.e. CE + UKNI.
If you use an EU recognised Notified Body, you only need to apply the CE marking.
If you intend to place the good on both the NI and EU markets, you must use the CE marking and a
EU recognised Notified Body, as the UKNI marking and conformity assessment by UK based
Notified Bodies are not valid in the EU.
Where third party conformity assessment is mandatory, you will need a certificate of conformity
issued by a UK or EU Notified body if you are placing the product on the NI market.

You can locate your chosen conformity assessment body online:
For EU Notified Bodies, use the New Approach Notified and Designated Organisations (NANDO) website.
For UK Notified Bodies, use the UK Market Conformity Assessment Bodies (UKMCAB) database.

To be certified to use the UKNI mark you must keep documentation which demonstrates your productconforms with the regulatory requirements. This should be kept in the form of a technical file or document.
The legislation sets out the conformity assessment procedure that needs to be carried out for your product.
You must draw up and keep technical documentation which contains all relevant information about themeans you use to ensure that your product meets the essential requirements.
The procedure for drafting and compiling the technical file is the same as before.

Step 4: Draft
technical file

The contents of the EU technical file vary depending on the product, however, the technical documentation
should include all relevant data / information or details of the means used by the manufacturer to ensure theproduct meets the essential requirements.
Refer to the relevant EU legislation if applicable, for a full list of requirements for the technical file.
It is the responsibility of the manufacturer, or the authorised representative (established within NI or EU), todemonstrate to enforcement authorities where and how the various parts of the document are held andmaintained. For imported products, the importer takes on this responsibility.

Step 5: Draft theDeclaration ofConformity

As a manufacturer, it is your responsibility to draw up an EU Declaration of Conformity. Minimally, your EU
Declaration of Conformity should contain the following information:•Your name and full business address or that of your authorised representative (authorisedrepresentative must be based in the NI or the EU for goods placed on the market in NI).
•The product's serial number/model/type identification.
•A statement, stating you take full responsibility (to be completed once the products have positiveconformity assessment).
•For some products you are required to include a product description/image.

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The details of the conformity assessment body which will be carrying out the conformity
assessment procedure (refer to step 2 for appropriate conformity assessment body for your chosenmarket).
The relevant EU legislation.
If applicable list the Harmonised Standards or other means used to prove compliance.
Your name and signature
The date the declaration was issued.
Supplementary information (if applicable).

The EU Declaration of Conformity should be available to market surveillance authorities upon request.
For products that are placed on the NI market from any country outside the EU/EEA, the NI or EU-based
importer must retain a copy of the EU Declaration of Conformity. This includes products brought into NI fromGreat Britain, as Great Britain is treated as third country under the relevant EU legislation that applies in NI.
The manufacturer or their authorised representative (where applicable) must also retain a copy of the EU
Declaration of Conformity.
Your chosen Notified Body will perform the necessary checks and tests for your products.
If your products pass and adhere to all the necessary requirements, your chosen conformity assessment
body will issue you with a certificate of conformity.

Step 6: Positive
certificate ofconformity

Once you have received a positive third-party conformity assessment and a certificate of conformity issued
by your conformity assessment body, you should:
Sign the draft declaration of conformity.
•Signing declares that the products concerned satisfy the relevant legislative requirements and you
as the manufacturer or authorised representative (where applicable) accept responsibility for thecompliance of the product.
You must affix the UKNI marking and the Notified Body identification number to the product.
The UKNI marking may not be affixed until theconformity assessment procedure has beencompleted.

UNKI marking

As a manufacturer or authorised
representative, you must place the UKNI
marking on the product itself or to thepackaging, depending on the requirements of
the relevant sector-specific legislation.

Step 7: Affix theUKNI marking

The legislation may also specify that the UKNI
marking must be applied to supporting
literature.
See ‘Rules for using the UKNI’ marking here
UKNI marking
The UKNI mark image files can be found below:
Download UKNI mark image files (fill) (ZIP, 818KB)
Download UKNI mark image files (outline) (ZIP, 2.03MB)

When attaching the CE marking, you as the manufacturer or authorised representative take full responsibility
for your product’s conformity with the requirements of the relevant EU legislation. By adding the UKNI

marking, it is a sign that you have used a UK based notified body and the product can only be placed on theNI market, and cannot be lawfully placed on the EU/EEA market.
Qualifying Northern Ireland goods can be placed on the market in Great Britain using the CE + UKNI marking
or just the CE marking. This is because of the Government’s commitments to ensure Northern Ireland’sunfettered access to the rest of the UK. Further guidance on whether your business or your goods qualify canbe found here.
There are no easements (e.g.) regarding the UKNI marking, full compliance is required now. Where EU law
requires you must apply CE + UKNI to your product you must do so immediately, and there is no option toaffix the marking to a label or separate document.

Annex A
EU DirectiveCorresponding UK legislation

Toy Safety - Directive 2009/48/EC

Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011

Pyrotechnic Articles - Directive 2013/29/EU

Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015

Recreational craft and personal watercraft Directive 2013/53/EU
Civil Explosives - Directive 2014/28/EU

Recreational Craft Regulations 2017

Simple Pressure Vessels - Directive 2014/29/EU

Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 2016

Electromagnetic Compatibility - Directive
2014/30/EU
Non-automatic Weighing Instruments - Directive
2014/31/EU
Measuring Instruments - Directive 2014/32/EU

Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016

Lifts - Directive 2014/33/EU

Lifts Regulations 2016

ATEX - Directive 2014/34/EU

Radio equipment - Directive 2014/53/EU

Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for use in Potentially
Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2016
The Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in
Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (Northern Ireland)
2017.
Radio Equipment Regulations 2017

Pressure equipment - Directive 2014/68/EU

Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016

Personal protective equipment - Regulation (EU)2016/425
Gas appliances - Regulation (EU) 2016/426

Personal Protective Equipment Regulation 2016/425 and the
Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018
Gas Appliances Regulation 2016/426 and the Gas Appliances(Enforcement) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018
Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008

Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
Outdoor Noise Directive 2000/14/EC
Directive 2008/57/EC interoperability of the railsystem within the Community"Directive 92/42/EEC hot-water boilers AND
Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC"
Cableway installations - Regulation (EU)2016/424
Marine Equipment - Directive 2014/90/EU
Construction products - Regulation (EU) No
305/2011
Transportable pressure equipment - Directive
2010/35/EU

Explosives Regulations 2014

Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016
Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016

Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors
Regulations 2001
Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011
The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy
Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2010
Cableway Installations Regulations 2018
Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2016
The Construction Products Regulation (EU) 2011 (EU RegulationNo. 305/2011)
The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable
Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009

Annex B
Economic Operator
changes Since 1January 2021

Importers••Since 1 January 2021, you will be considered an importer if you are responsible for bringing goods into
the UK from outside the UK and placing them on the market in Great Britain.
The importer may also need to indicate their name and address on the product or documentation,
keep a copy of the declaration of conformity, and ensure the technical documentation can be madeavailable to enforcing authorities upon request.

Authorised Representatives••

Manufacturers can appoint Authorised Representatives to carry out tasks on their behalf.
Generally, the appointment of an authorised representative is optional for UKCA or CE marked goods.

The exact requirements for the economic operators depend on the legislation that applies to your product. The
specific guidance products at the below link include detailed guidance on how you can comply with importer
address labelling obligations between 1 January 2021 and 31 December
2022: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/product-safety-and-metrology-from-1-january-2021-great-britain.
Generally, products must be compliant at the point at which they are placed on the GB market. If you intend tobring products that are not yet labelled correctly into the country and wish to discuss this from a practicalcompliance and enforcement point of view, we encourage you to discuss with the relevant local market
surveillance authority where the goods are brought into the UK.

Annex C
Manufacturer

The manufacturer is anyone manufactures a product or has a product designed or manufactured and markets
that product under its name or trademark.

ImporterThe importer is a person who is the first to place goods from an external market onto the market that they are
established and operate in.

Distributor

The distributor is a person, other than the manufacturer, importer or the end user, who makes
goods available on the market.

Placing on the market

Placing on the market is defined as the "first making available on the market" (by the manufacturer or theimporter). The concept of placing on the market refers to each individual good, not to a type of good and does notnecessarily involve the physical transfer of the good (i.e. a product may be stockpiled).