Imports: Certification
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has undertaken a recent review of the effectiveness of enforcement mechanisms for CE marking of imported products.
Answered by Justin Madders
We keep the effectiveness of our enforcement regime under review. The Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025, received Royal Assent in July and contains powers to strengthen product enforcement.
The Office for Product Standards and Safety (OPSS) is the UK's national product regulator. It uses risk to target its enforcement activities, protecting people and places from product-related harm. OPSS has established a co-ordinated system of targeted product safety checks at the border. In 2024-25 this resulted in checks covering over 14 million goods at the border, with 2.63 million non-compliant goods refused entry to the UK.
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