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This ESSENTIAL describes the UK regulations on REGULATED NAWI, based on
- the Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016
- the The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
- BREXIT Guidance dokuments published by the UK government (see: Link/Reference to other reference documents)
In UK, NAWI are classified into 2 sections (for a better understanding the words REGULATED and NON-REGULATED are typed in capitals in this CRF)
1.) REGULATED weighing instruments, see Part 2 of SI 2016 No.1152(corresponding to 2014/31/EU, Article 1, (a) - (f))
These Regulations apply to an instrument (referred to in these Regulations as a “REGULATED non-automatic weighing instrument”) for use for any of the following purposes:
(a) the determination of mass for commercial transactions;
(b) the determination of mass for the calculation of a toll, tariff, tax, bonus, penalty, remuneration, indemnity or similar type of payment;
(c) the determination of mass for the application of laws or regulations or for an expert opinion given in court proceedings;
(d) the determination of mass in the practice of medicine for weighing patients for the purposes of monitoring, diagnosis and medical treatment;
(e) the determination of mass for making up medicines on prescription in a pharmacy and determination of mass in analyses carried out in medical and pharmaceutical laboratories;
(f) the determination of price on the basis of mass for the purposes of direct sales to the public and the making up of prepackages.
2.) NON-REGULATED weighing instruments, see Part 4 of SI 2016 No.1152 (corresponding to 2014/31/EU, Article 1, (g))
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Legislation in force: |
The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016 (transposition of 2014/31/EU into the national law of the United Kingdom)
The Statutory Instrument (SI) will come into force on 01-OCT-2024 and has two main objectives:
- To revoke the expiry date of the recognition of certain European Union (EU) requirements relating to goods, which is due to end on 31-DEC-2024 and to remove the associated transitional provisions which are no longer required. This will allow continued recognition of EU requirements for the product regulations within scope for goods placed on the market in Great Britain (GB); and
- To replace the expiry provision and the associated transitional provisions, with a provision that recognises EU testing or conformity assessment procedures. This will mean that, where manufacturers have undertaken conformity assessment procedures with EU recognised bodies, the United Kingdom Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking may be used, instead of the relevant EU conformity
marking.
The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024 No.696) amends the following legislation and recognizes the EU product requirements and the CE marking without time restrictions.
The removal of the expiry of recognition of EU product requirements will apply to the 21 product regulations covered within this SI, which are managed by the Department for Business and Trade [leading department], the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department for Work and Pensions (Health and Safety Executive).
This announcement does not apply to regulations for medical devices, construction products, marine equipment, rail products, cableways, transportable pressure equipment, and unmanned aircraft systems regulations. There are specific arrangements in place for these sectors.
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Comment on the comparability to EU legislation: |
This SI 2016 No.1152 (Statutory Instrument) is being made in order to implement the provisions of the NAWI (Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Directive) 2014/31/EU of the European Union.... |