I am compiling a list of "no brainers" for our new gov.

SCRAP UKCA MARK AND GIVE US ALL A BREAK

Dying Gov was booting this hated waste of money down the road

@neil I mean, #UKCA basically died because noone was willing to dish out money for yet another Spectrum Compliance Body...

Like I'd rather invest that money into compliance for Japan, "P.R." China, Taiwan and India before that as the #UK kinda accepts #CE and everyone who sells in the #EU & #EFTA will have to pick that anyway.

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/112314309399673235

@neil @ekamil like #UKCA they'll likely just drown in irrelevance tho...
https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/112314304975426017

This is a good piece about the uncertainty regarding use of the CE mark alongside (or instead of?) the UKCA mark.

Some parts have been postponed indefinitely but it remains to be seen whether it will still change in the next few years. Whether using CE alone, without UKCA, is allowed. And whether future divergence could be caused by the EU changing requirements but the UK not following. Watch this space.

https://cms-lawnow.com/en/ealerts/2023/08/recent-ukca-announcement-not-all-that-it-seems-yet

The #UKGovernment has announced an indefinite extension to the use of CE marking for British businesses, which shows that products meet #EU standards. This is a major U-turn from the previous plan to introduce a #UKCA system, which would have created costly duplication and reduced consumer choice. The UKCA system was an absurd consequence of #Brexit that exposed the government’s lack of foresight and competence.

#Brexiters #Standards #Tories
https://www.pmp-magazine.com/2023/08/08/ukca-a-symbol-of-the-folly-of-brexit/

Yet another mythical #Brexit benefit bites the dust

[Truth to Power] on the latest U-turn by the #Sunak government in which the UK abandons plans to replace the EU CE mark with their own
https://youtu.be/mdiZi5gco6Y
#UKCA #CE #Uturn

A good example of why it's not enough to undo bits of #Brexit, the UK will have to rejoin the #SingleMarket and #CustomsUnion... #QualityMark #CE #UKCA: https://www.ft.com/content/0591d2ff-12ed-46e4-969d-738543b7c46b

“Brexit ideology is being shunned as economic conditions deteriorate.

While industry groups like the British Chambers of Commerce and Make UK say firms will be breathing a “sigh of relief” — and are rightly delighted that two and a half years of lobbying has finally paid off — the chaos does not end with a front-page story in the FT.”

https://on.ft.com/3Kqjris

As I predicted years ago, UK businesses won, the UK government lost.

There will be no requirement for using the UKCA and using CE can remain the only certificate needed.

"British businesses will be allowed to continue to use the European Union's safety mark indefinitely, the UK government announced Tuesday — in a climbdown from previous post-Brexit plans."

https://www.politico.eu/article/united-kingdom-european-union-safety-mark-climbdown-ce-ukca-rishi-sunak-kevin-hollinrake-william-bain/

It's not dead, it's Indefinitely Postponed! #ukca

Pragmatic. Should also benefit medical and biotech sectors. Why do we even need UKCA other than to look and sound different from rest of Europe?
#Brexit #EU #CE #UKCA

"UK to retain EU safety mark in latest Brexit climbdown"

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/01/uk-eu-safety-mark-brexit-climbdown?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other