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UK marine equipment regulations

A collection of documents relating to the UK conformity mark for marine equipment.

Marine equipment must be UK-approved to be placed on board UK ships. This means it has valid UK conformity assessment certification and carries the Red Ensign - the UK conformity mark for marine equipment. Please see Part I of MSN 1874 as amended for further details.

Equipment covered under the UK-US Mutual Recognition Agreement for marine equipment, approved by the United States Coast Guard (USCG), accompanied by a US declaration of conformity, and affixed with the Red Ensign UK conformity mark is also acceptable. Please see Annex 6 of MSN 1874 as amended for details of what marine equipment categories are covered under the Agreement.

Further information

If you have any queries, please contact MEQA@mcga.gov.uk.

Marine notices

The UK marine equipment database

The UK marine equipment approval database is a list of marine equipment that has been granted UK conformity assessment.

Updates to this page

Published 25 May 2023
Last updated 21 July 2023 show all updates
  1. Adding link to MSN 1874 (M+F) Amendment 7 to the collection.

  2. First published.