UKNI stands for the “UK and Northern Ireland” marking.

The UKNI marking is a new conformity marking for products placed on the market in Northern Ireland which have undergone mandatory third-party conformity assessment by a body based in the UK.

  • If you are using a UK Approved Body, you need to apply a UKNI marking, in addition to the CE marking i.e., CE + UKNI.
  • If you use an EU Notified Body, you only need to apply the CE marking.
  • If you intend to place the good on both the NI and EU markets, you must use the CE marking and a EU recognised Notified Body, as the UKNI marking and conformity assessment by UK based Approved Bodies are not valid in the EU.

Where third party conformity assessment is mandatory, you will need a certificate of conformity issued by a UK or EU body, if you are placing the product on the NI market. With IMQ SpA been an EU notified Body and IMQ UK a UK based body, we can help you in all cases. As a manufacturer or authorised representative, you must place the UKNI marking on the product itself or to the packaging, depending on the requirements of the relevant sector-specific legislation. The legislation may also specify that the UKNI marking must be applied to supporting literature (i.e. manuals, instructions, etc.).

You need to use the UKNI marking if all the following apply:

  • you are placing certain goods (mostly those goods subject to the CE marking) on the Northern Ireland market
  • your goods require mandatory third-party conformity assessment
  • you are planning to use a UK body to carry out those conformity assessments

You will not be able to use the UKNI marking if either of the following applies:

  • you are placing goods on the market in the EU
  • you are planning to use an EU body to carry out conformity assessments

The following general rules apply:

  • the UKNI marking must only be placed on a product by you as the manufacturer or your authorised representative (where allowed for in the relevant legislation)
  • when attaching the UKNI marking to accompany another conformity marking, you take full responsibility for your product's conformity with the requirements of the relevant legislation
  • you must not place any marking or sign that may misconstrue the meaning or form of the UKNI marking to third parties
  • you must not attach other markings on the product which affect the visibility, legibility or meaning of the UKNI marking
  • the UKNI marking cannot be placed on products unless there is a specific requirement to do so in the legislation
  • the UKNI marking must accompany another conformity marking; it never appears on a product alone

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