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Deprecated: Function vc_map_add_css_animation is deprecated since version 9.0! Use vc_config()->get_css_animation() instead. in /var/www/html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6170 EU and UK industry calls for a mutual recognition agreement on conformity assessment – BMTA
EU and UK business organisations met in February 2025 to discuss practical measures to reduce technical barriers to EU-UK trade.
Recognising the shared nature of challenges faced by industry in the EU and UK, the discussion identified a mutual recognition agreement on conformity assessment as a desirable outcome of the forthcoming discussions between the parties.
Such an agreement would bring mutual benefits including increased stability in regulatory environments, which brings confidence to business investment and enables scalability and the avoidance of duplicative conformity assessments for EU and UK businesses who want to trade into both markets.
Lowering compliance costs in this way supports export-led growth, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises, and greater availability of conformity assessment bodies to EU and UK businesses for regulatory purposes, building capacity, capability and increasing competition.
The common goal of industry on both sides is to achieve efficient market access with as few administrative and bureaucratic hurdles as possible.
In this regard, EU and UK business organisations recognised a mutual recognition agreement on conformity assessment as practical and deliverable, because:
it can be delivered alongside other industry-focused measures or can act as a standalone ‘mini deal’, outside the EU-UK Trade & Cooperation Agreement.
it is scalable over time, allowing an initial agreement to be reached on selected sectors and then built up.
UKAS, is assessed to the same requirements as EU Member State National Accreditation Bodies as a signatory to the European co-operation for Accreditation multilateral agreement; this facilitates the technical recognition of equivalence of accredited conformity assessment.
Considering the ambition to deepen the trading relationship, and the upcoming EU-UK Summit on 19 May, these signatories have called on the EU and the UK to pursue a mutual recognition agreement on conformity assessment, recognising it as a practical and achievable measure to reduce unnecessary barriers to trade.
An online UKAS workshop on 20 Feb will look at how conformity assessment bodies (CABs) are using AI to transform their processes and deliver superior results.
This two-day course provides delegates with an appreciation of the requirements of ISO/IEC 17020 and related UK and international guidance, and its application to accreditation for various types of inspection activity.
Delegates taking this course will gain robust understanding of the laboratory management requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and be able to identify the various responsibilities for overall laboratory management.
How can we simultaneously make it cheaper and easier for UK businesses to trade goods while ensuring safety-critical products meet essential requirements and preserving UK regulatory autonomy? Through conformity assessment Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs).
Enhance your understanding of how the organisational processes of physiological services can be improved by meeting the requirements of IQIPS:2023 in this practical and interactive two-day course.
This lively and interactive three-day course is designed to help delegates develop their understanding of how the business and management processes of laboratories can be combined effectively with the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
