Costain boss says another delay on new products certification system likely to be needed

By Dave Rogers2021-08-26T05:00:00

Industry had wanted proposal to be pushed back two years because of worries over testing capacity

Costain’s boss has said the introduction of the certification system that will replace the existing CE mark for thousands of products will probably need to be delayed a second time.

Earlier this week, the government agreed to hold off launching the UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) mark by a year until 1 January 2023 which the department for business, when announcing the news, called the “the final deadline”.

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