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This ESSENTIAL describes the UK regulations on Automatic Weighing Instruments after BREXIT for England, Scotland and Wales, based on:
- The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016
- the The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and other amendments
- BREXIT Guidance dokuments published by the UK government (see: Link/Reference to other reference documents)
Regulations for Northern Ireland are not included in this CRF.
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Legislation in force: |
The purpose of this Statutory Instrument is to implement the MID (Measurement Instrument Directive) 2014/32/EU of the European Union.
The 2016 British Regulation implemented Directive 2014/32/EU on measuring instruments and replaced fifteen individual regulations (including non-prescribed instruments) with one single regulation.
The Regulations regulate the following types of measuring instruments:
- water meters
- gas meters
- active electrical energy meters
- non-water liquid measuring systems
- automatic weighing instruments:
a) automatic catchweighers
b) automatic gravimetric filling instruments
c) discontinuous totalisers
d) beltweighers
e) automatic rail weighbridges
- taximeters
- material measures
- exhaust gas analysers
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.1153 (Statutory Instrument) is being made in order to implement the provisions of the MID (Measurement Instrument Directive) 2014/32/EU of the European Union.... |