Updated BTHA Product Technical Issues including Markings Guide

The updated BTHA Brexit guide can be found here.

Changes include:

  • A number of minor typos have been corrected and in line with the latest UK Government terminology “UK” has been changed to Great Britain and GB where relevant and IP end date has been changed to IP completion date.
  • Section 1 – Introduction, and each page – All dates of publication have been updated
  • Section 4.2 – Product Markings – NEW UK Government use of “accompanying documents” has been added and our definition of those document updated to match
  • Section 4.2.1 – Comparison Summary of UK Government and BTHA Marking Recommendations – chart has updated to include accompanying documents
  • Section 4.2.3 – Conformity Markings – Address requirements and NI markings update
  • Section 4.2.5 – Address Markings – Removal of text relating addresses to CE marks and UKCA marks
  • Section 4.2.6 – BTHA Q&A Addresses – New question 6 relating to address requirements for non-CE marked stock
  • Section 4.3.1 – Omissions in UK Regulations – Addition of specific mention of formaldehyde and Aluminium
  • Section 4.5 – Standards – designated standards link
  • Section 4.6 – DoC – CE marked stock until 1/1/2022 and addition of Declaration of Conformity format as listed in the Toy Regulations
  • Section 4.7 – Notified Bodies – Updates allowing use until 1st January 2022
  • Section 5 – Northern Ireland – Additional comments on UKNI marking
  • Section 7 – Tools and Resources from Government – New UK Government guidance links added
  • Appendix A – Products areas covered by UKCA marking – Updated Directives verses Regulations table in with link to source