Placing manufactured products on the market
Find out which standards and regulations apply to your product and how to make sure you follow the right procedures.
Placing your products on the market
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured goods depends on the type of products and which market you are placing them on and your role.
Recognition of EU requirements
Using conformity markings
Find out how to use the markings on your products to show that they conform to standards.
Conformity assessment
Information on how to get your products assessed, how to show they conform to standards and how to report products that pose a risk to health and safety or are non-compliant.
Your role and responsibilities
Sector specific guidance
Find out which regulations apply to your products and how to comply with them.
For information on product specific guidance, see the relevant sector page.
Aerospace
CAA
Chemicals industry regulation
HSE
Placing civil explosives on the market
HSE
Updates to this page
Published 10 August 2022Last updated 3 February 2025 + show all updates
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New section added: 'Recognition of EU requirements', containing 3 new documents: 'Policy: Continued recognition of EU requirements, including CE marking, for placing products on the GB Market', 'Guidance: Placing products on the GB market: recognition of EU requirements', and 'Guidance: Current approaches to product marking'. A new document was also added to the 'Conformity assessment ' section: 'Using harmonised standards for placing CE marked products on the GB market'
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Conformity assessment section updated with link to 'Conformity assessment testing under mutual recognition or free trade agreements' page.
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'Webinars for using the UKCA and CE markings to place products on the market in Great Britain and Northern Ireland' added. UK Market Conformity Assessment Bodies link updated.
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First published.