About us Client portals Contact us GLOBAL (ENG) Sectors Services Insights News Careers Home Brexit BREXIT Supporting you post Brexit. While the UK exited the EU on 31 January 2020, we continue to provide European Union Notified Body (EU NoBo) services to customers all over the world through the EU NoBo status of several of our LRQA legal entities. Our status as an EU NoBo is particularly relevant to our assurance and inspection work performed under various EU Directives and Regulations, which helps our clients retain their access to EU markets. We hold NoBo status in several major EU countries: Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) in Germany (Lloyd's Register Deutschland GmbH), Spain (LRQA España SA) and the Netherlands (Lloyd's Register Nederland B.V.) Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive (TPED) in the Netherlands (Lloyd's Register Nederland B.V.) Construction Products Regulation (CPR) in the Netherlands (Lloyd's RegisterVerification B.V.) Machinery Directive (MD) in the Netherlands (Lloyd's Register Verification B.V.) and Spain (LRQA Register España SA) ATEX (File Retention Only) in the Netherlands (Lloyd's Register Verification B.V.) Simple Pressure Vessel Directive (SPVD) in the Netherlands (Lloyd's Register Verification B.V.) Marine Equipment Directive (MED) in Germany (Lloyd's Register Deutschland GmbH) and the Netherlands (Lloyd's Register Verification B.V.) Were ISO Standards affected by Brexit? Was UKAS affected by Brexit? New UK Approval Regime The UKCA mark regime came into effect when the Brexit transition period ended on 31 December 2020. On this date, LRQA Verification Ltd (LRV) became a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) for the UK regulatory system, offering Conformity Assessment services for equipment requiring the UKCA mark. LRV's UKCA number is 0038 with the scope of services listed on a new UK government domestic database which has replaced the EU’s NANDO database in the UK. Please note that from 1 January 2021: The UK government introduced a ‘standstill’ period which means that from 1 January 2021, the UK accepts compliant equipment marked with either the CE mark with an EU NoBo number, or a UKCA mark with a UK Conformity Assessment Body number. This arrangement will cease on 31 December 2021. Manufacturers selling exclusively to the EU need to ensure equipment is CE marked. Equipment can be dual certified and marked accordingly with both the UKCA and CE marks, subject to the relevant contractual arrangements being in place with a UK Conformity Assessment Body and with an EU NoBo. Manufacturers selling exclusively to the UK market can use the UKCA mark immediately after 31 December 2020. Please note that from 1 January 2022: UK government regulations will only allow equipment to be used if it has a UKCA mark along with a UK approved CAB number. Manufacturers selling exclusively to the UK need to ensure their equipment is UKCA marked. We are pleased to be able to support you with this service. Manufacturers selling to both the UK and the EU need to both UKCA and CE mark their equipment. Please note that until 1 January 2023: MED approved equipment can continue to be placed on UK ships. Got a Brexit question that's not answered here? Ask us a question Need to get in touch? Contact us Who we are Careers Resources LRQA and any variants are trading names of LRQA Group Limited, its subsidiaries and affiliates. LRQA Group Limited, registered number 1217474, is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered office: 71 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 4BS United Kingdom. © 2021 LRQA Group Limited. Privacy notice Cookies policy Terms of use Brexit update Modern slavery policy