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Executive

HSE SAFETY UNIT

Relevant HSE Product Safety
Directives
• Gas Appliances Regulation 2016/426
• PPE Regulation 2016/425
• Cableways Installations Regulation 2016/424
• Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68
• Low Voltage Directive 2014/35
• ATEX 2014/34
• The Lifts Directive 2014/33
• Simple Pressure Vessels Directive 2014/29
• Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
 HSE & Market Surveillance

• Reason for Market Surveillance (Product Safety)

– Part of our role as a regulator and market surveillance authority:
• Investigations, Inspections, Projects

– To protect workers and members of the public

• Safety Alerts

– Extend this protection across the EU by informing other authorities

of our actions
• ICSMS

– Get it right first time: safe by design, safe to use

Specific questions

1. Control of borders:
- UKBF undertake inspections at the border
& inform HSE if issues are found.
- Mixture of proactive/reactive work.
- HSE can direct these inspections with the
right intelligence. Can target specific
products/importers.
Specific questions

2. CE marking
- UKCA mark will replace CE marking after
a time limited period (to be confirmed).
- Requirements to comply with the Directive
Essential Safety Requirements will not
change.
Specific questions

3. Lowering of Standards.
- Government has made a commitment that
Standards will not reduce as a result of
Brexit.
- HSE do acknowledge this as a concern
and will work with BEIS to ensure that levels
of safety are not compromised.
- HSE’s input to British Standards in a post-
Brexit regulatory regime?
HSE powers under PE(S)R

• Compliance notice

• Withdrawal notice

• Recall notice
www.hse.gov.uk/contact/concerns.html