Compliance Gate Platform: UKCA Marking Use Case
Compliance Gate Platform + UKCA marking
This page explains how you can use the Compliance Gate Platform during several key steps of the UKCA marking process. This is relevant to toys, electronics, machinery, PPE and other products.
Step 1: UKCA Marking Assessment
Complete a 2-minute product assessment to identify regulations and
prepare your workspace.
Step 1: Select country/market
Select the United Kingdom as country/market
Step 2: Select Product Modules
You select relevant project and product/material modules to add the following to your workspace:
- • Compliance Requirements List
- • Project tasks
- • Suggested templates
- • Suggested widgets
Example: Electronic toy
Modules: Toys + Electronics + General Consumer Products + Packaging
Step 3: Set Specifications
Fine tune your requirements list by answering questions about the following:
- • Product functionality
- • Materials and components
- • Age group
Step 4: Add UKCA Marking Templates
Based on your inputs, the platform suggests relevant templates and widgets to add to your workspace
Templates
UKCA marking declaration of conformity - UKCA marking technical documentation
- Label template
UKCA Marking Workspace Created
The platform prepares a workspace based on the Product Assessment, which contains the following:
- Compliance Requirements List
- Project Modules
- Document templates
- Label templates
- Product Testing
Note: You must ultimately take action based on the requirements in the latest version of the relevant legislation, guidance pages or other sources.
Step 2: UKCA Marking Workspace
Your workspace contains project modules, requirements lists, templates, and other elements
based on the product assessment. Here, you can complete several key steps of the process.
Step 1: Compliance Requirements List
The system creates a list of UKCA marking regulations, based on your product assessment inputs.
Step 2: UKCA Marking Project Module
The project modules can help you manage key steps of the UKCA marking process.
Step 3: Create UKCA marking labels
Get access to label templates based on a UKCA marking regulation. The templates serve as a starting point for your product and packaging label files.
- Product labels
- Packaging labels
Step 4: Create required UKCA marking documentation
The platform includes access to a library of document templates relevant to UKCA marking
- UK Declaration of Conformity (UKCA)
- UK Technical documentation (UKCA)
- Instructions (UKCA)
Step 5: Book Lab Testing
Compliance with designated standards is generally required before you can affix the UKCA mark.
- Book testing in the UK, EU or Asia
- Request free quotations
- Compare prices
- Dedicated lab contact person
Other features
LexDatabase – Track new and updated UK regulations
UKCA regulations are often amended, which means that you must stay informed about new and updated requirements. The LexDatabase allows you to track UKCA regulations from a single dashboard.
- Track upcoming regulations
- Track updates in the last 90 days
- We send email alerts
Support Tickets – Ask questions about UKCA marking
Our team has years of hands-on experience with the CE marking process for various products (which is in many ways similar to UKCA marking).
- Ask questions about the process
- Ask up to 5 questions per support ticket
- We normally respond in 1 to 2 business days
Note: The Compliance Gate Platform is continuously updated. Note that the video and the images may not fully reflect the current version of the platform.
FAQ
How can the Compliance Gate Platform help us with UKCA marking?
The process below summarises how you can use the Compliance Gate Platform during the UKCA marking process:
1. Create a requirements list to identify relevant UKCA marking regulations
Examples
The Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016
The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016
The Personal Protective Equipment Regulation (EU) 2016/425
The Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011
2. Use the project modules to break down the UKCA process into actionable steps
3. Use the UKCA label templates as a starting point for your UKCA marking and traceability labelling
4. Create a UKCA DoC, technical documentation, and instructions
5. Book third-party lab testing to verify compliance with designated standards
6. Use the LexDatabase to track updated and future UKCA regulations
You can also ask questions about the process by submitting a support ticket. You can, for example, ask questions about labelling, documentation, testing, and other subjects related to UKCA marking.
How does amended UKCA regulations affect our business?
Existing regulations which mandate UKCA marking are amended from time to time. This means that existing requirements concerning documentation, labelling, testing, and other aspects can change for your existing products.
We manually check UK regulations each month to detect updates, which we then log into the LexDatabase.
Why should I use the platform instead of managing the UKCA marking process by myself?
The Compliance Gate Platform does not provide any shortcuts during the UKCA marking process.
That said, it serves as a visual workflow that can make the process significantly easier to manage compared to piecing information from the UK legislation database together.
But, the platform is ultimately based on publicly available information and that means that everything you will find in the Compliance Gate Platform can also be accessed using official legislation sources.
Does the platform cover the entire procedure for UKCA marking?
No, there are parts of the UKCA marking process that the Compliance Gate Platform cannot help with. Here are a few examples:
1. The platform does not provide access to UK designated standards
2. The platform cannot make your products become technically compliant. Doing so requires implementation of product standards into your design files and specifications.
Does the platform provide access to UK designated standards?
No, the Compliance Gate Platform does not provide access to designated standards. These can be purchased via the BSI Group website.