Consultation: Extended CE marking recognition for Ecodesign Regulations
The UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has announced a consultation seeking views on a proposal to extend the recognition of CE marking for Ecodesign regulations to new measures made under ESPR.
The consultation, which is open until January 20, 2026, is described as follows:
“Energy Related Products which have the CE Mark, the European Union’s (EU) conformity mark, can currently be sold in Great Britain (GB) if they are compliant with GB’s ecodesign standards, without the need to also affix a UK Conformity Assessment (UKCA) marking. This reduces costs for manufacturers by removing the need to go through two different conformity assessment processes for selling the same goods in the EU and GB.
On 18 July 2024, the EU brought into effect a new framework for setting ecodesign standards, the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (‘ESPR’). ESPR will replace the Ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC). The first EU ecodesign regulations made under ESPR are expected to come into force from mid-2027.
This consultation proposes to amend the Ecodesign for Energy Related Products Regulations 2010 to extend the CE marking recognition mechanism, so that it applies to new measures made under ESPR, in the same way as measures made currently under the Ecodesign Directive. Amending the regulations to continue this recognition for products regulated under ESPR in the EU would future proof the existing policy of CE recognition and provide businesses with long-term certainty.
The responses to this consultation will inform the decision on whether to develop a Statutory Instrument to amend the 2010 Ecodesign Regulations.“
The consultation is seeking views from those involved in the supply chain for Energy-Related Products (ErPs) sold in Great Britain (GB) that are regulated under the European Union’s (EU) Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) – including manufacturers, merchants and dealers, installers, associations, consumer organisations, academia and members of the public – to ensure that the potential impacts of the proposals are understood.
Full details and a link to the consultation can be found at:
CE marking recognition for Ecodesign regulations
