Annex 5 - MSN 1874 (M+F) Amendment 6
Updated 1 July 2022
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1. Annex 5 - UK Conformity Mark for Marine Equipment
The UK Conformity Mark must be affixed to marine equipment in accordance with the Regulations and must take the form set out below.
In any event, the UK Conformity mark for marine equipment must:
Be legible and permanently marked on the equipment which is in compliance with the Regulations;
contrast the background it is printed/ stamped etc on such that is either printed on a block white background or transparent background, providing legibility is maintained;
have vertical dimensions of at least 5mm with the ability to waive this for smaller products and/ or where the size of the conformity mark would not provide for legibility due to the size or nature of the product or it is not otherwise practicable to place the mark on the product in which case the mark should be placed on the accompanying paperwork or packaging; and as per the Regulations, be accompanied by the identification number of the Approved Body which issues the quality assurance module of conformity (Module D, E or F) or if module G is used, the module G certificate as well as the date of affixing the mark as indicated below (where #### would be the Approved Body Number and YY the year of affixing the conformity mark).
For example ####/YY Or ####/YYYY