If you think you need advice on this and would like us to advise you on the origin/labelling requirements for the products you sell, contact our sales and IP team on 0161 926 9969 or commercial@mlplaw.co.uk for expert legal advice for your business. Insights / Are your „made in the UK” products actually made in the UK or are you misleading your customers? As mentioned earlier, this is just our definition and there will always be exceptions that will confirm the rule. But we will do our best to follow them carefully. So you can buy safely, knowing that you are buying British. A laptop that was placed on the UK market before 11pm on 31 December 2022 and legally bears the CE marking can be registered on 31 December 2022. December 2022 after 11pm will be made available second-hand on the UK market without the UKCA marking being required. Q: What is the legal status of the official Made in Britain trademark? Great Britain is the geographical island that includes England, Wales and Scotland. Great Britain is simply an abbreviation for the island of Great Britain. The United Kingdom is an abbreviation for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which in turn refers to the sovereign state headed by a king or queen. The British Isles is a geographical term that encompasses all of its many islands, including Southern Ireland (Ireland) and Northern Ireland (Ulster), the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. Although the Irish government does not recognize this term and uses Great Britain and Ireland.
For our definition, we will also include the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey when we say Great Britain. Although they are not technically part of the UK, their citizens are British citizens. In addition, some customers may feel more comfortable buying or renting products made in the UK due to perceived quality standards and regulations. For example, the British Standards Institution (BSI) publishes standards, guidelines and specifications to help companies meet certain technical standards for their products. If a product consists of British and non-British parts, the essential processing test is the best way to comply with the rules of origin. Substantial processing requires that the product be processed in Great Britain in order to be considered as originating in the product. This can be done, for example, either by changing tariff classification (for example, from „auto parts” to „vehicles”) or by value-added calculations. Bilateral cumulation of the European and UK parties is also possible under the new EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement. However, diagonal cumulation between the EU and the UK is not allowed, so components from third countries such as Canada or Japan do not count as if they were produced in the UK or the EU, even though the UK and EU have trade agreements with these countries. 3: Except in certain cases where nuclear material cannot be harvested or produced in the United Kingdom.
Then, the majority of the materials should come from Great Britain. The definition of a spare part varies depending on the business context, but is largely determined by the end use of a product. The question whether a product is ultimately intended to be used as a spare part should be demonstrated by any document proving the intended use and submitted at the request of the market surveillance authorities. Current legal status of „Made in Britain” country of origin marking. A scientific opinion by Johannes Ungerer, Senior Lecturer in German and European Law, University of Oxford If a second-hand product has been lawfully placed on the EU market for the first time before 11pm on 31 December 2020, it can then be made available on the UK market without the UKCA marking until it has reached its final consumer. However, if they have been substantially altered, it may be necessary to notice them. Prototypes that are not yet available for distribution, consumption or use in the UK market do not require UKCA marking. However, the prototype can only be exhibited or demonstrated under controlled conditions at trade fairs or exhibitions in the United Kingdom. This means that the product must be used by experts, there must be limited public contact with the product, the product must not interact inappropriately with other neighbouring products, and a sign must clearly state that the product does not meet GB requirements and will not be made available until it is available. The geographical, political and economic definition of these scepter islands is confusing. For us Britons and foreigners alike. So let`s try to tackle what we are British, in order to have the products we have in stock in stock.
First of all, we need to define what these small islands off the coast of Western Europe are. In order to mark your products as made in the UK, you must prove that there is a „substantial transformation” and/or that at least 50% of the manufacturing/added value of these products has been completed in the UK.