Contact Point for UKCA Technical File
and UK Declaration of Conformity
UK Contact helps manufacturers based outside Great Britain to meet the legal obligations listed under The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008, The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 and The Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016.
The UKCA Mark is valid within the UK, but can only be issued in England, Scotland or Wales.
On contracting this product, our name and address in the United Kingdom (UK) may be used in your UK Declarations of Conformity or UK Declarations of Incorporation.
We believe that some industry-related knowledge must be in place in order to analyse the information received as part of the technical file. This is why we will ONLY host technical files for manufacturers and system integrators providing products for the Entertainment Industry.
UK – EU TRADE DEAL GRACE PERIOD: The United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) reached a trade deal with a grace period for “CE Marking” ending on 31 December 2021.
Equipment and machinery placed in the UK market before 1 January 2022 can have a Declaration of Incorporation or a Declaration of Conformity and a CE mark with an address in the EU. From 1 January 2022, all products placed in the UK must contain a UKCA mark and UK Declarations of Conformity or UK Declarations of Incorporation should have an address within Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland). Note that machinery placed after 1 January 2022 in Northern Ireland can still have a CE mark with an EU address.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
STEP 1: As the manufacturer, you will provide us with a written mandate to perform part of the obligations and formalities imposed by the UK Regulations on manufacturers, in particular, the ones related to the contact point in the UK.
STEP 2: Via a web link, we will make available a secure drop point to upload the technical file.
STEP 3: We will perform an initial analysis of the received documentation. In order for the file to be accepted, a minimum group of basic files should be present in the technical file, such as the construction technical documentation, a risk assessment and the compliance report (The Supply of Machinery (Safety), Electrical Safety or EMC Regulations).
STEP 4: After the documentation analysis is completed, our address and name may be used as the contact point in the UK Declaration of Conformity or UK Declaration of Incorporation for all the machinery or equipment referred to in your technical file.
STEP 5: Under the compliance report submitted in step 3, you may issue a UK Declaration of Conformity or a UK Declaration of Incorporation with us listed as the legal person established in the UK that is authorised to compile the technical file. As a result, you — as the manufacturer — may also apply a UKCA marking to your product.
STEP 6: All the UK Declarations of Conformity or UK Declarations of Incorporation using our contact details must be forwarded to us. These documents are considered to be a part of the technical file.
PRICING
| 1 YEAR | 5 YEARS (1 year free) | |
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First technical file Additional technical file(s) Renewal of technical file #1 Renewal of additional technical file(s) |
125€
50€ / per technical file 100€ 30€ / per technical file |
500€
200€ / per technical file 400€ 120€ / per technical file |
All prices listed above are VAT exclusive.
WHY CHOOSE US?
Security and Confidentiality Policies
All the files you send to us will be sent across a secure encrypted connection between you and our servers.
All the stored files are encrypted and will not be readable if they are accessed without a security key.
We will not share any files in the technical file with any third party without your expressed permission, except on request by the recognised enforcement authorities.
We will inform you if a recognised enforcement authority requests access to your technical files.
Validity of Your Technical File
Any fees that are paid include an analysis of your uploaded files, which other competitors do not do.
We will not check the technical contents in the files, but we will check the technical file at least contains:
- Construction Technical Documentation – drawings, schematics, etc.
- a Risk Assessment
- a Supply of Machinery (Safety), Electrical Equipment (Safety) or EMC Compliance Report
As an optional service, you can request a gap analysis on what additional documentation may be required for a complete technical file. We can generate this information on your behalf.
Clear Pricing
We will ensure that our charges for any services will be clear, transparent and agreed with you in advance.
A detailed account of the time spent and actions taken for any chargeable follow-up services that are required to respond to enforcement authorities will be provided to you.
Legal Basis
If you are based outside the UK and want to apply the UKCA mark to your products, then you must provide an authorised representative that is inside of Great Britain in order to comply with The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations, The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations and The Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations.
This product is provided by BLUMANO Ireland Limited, in behalf of Blumano Limited, a limited company based in London, UK with the registration number 09027881.
We are your contact point inside of the UK, however, as we are not your authorised representative, we are not engaging you or your company in a legal capacity.
Please contact us below to obtain the full legal details of this product.
CONTACT US
The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations
“2. The EU declaration of conformity shall have the model structure set out in Annex IV, shall contain the elements specified in Module A as set out in Annex III and shall be continuously updated. It shall be translated into the language or languages required by the Member State in which the electrical equipment is placed or made available on the market.” – Article 15 – EU declaration of conformity – The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016
“2. Name and address of the manufacturer or his authorised representative:” – Annex IV – The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016
“(4) ‘authorised representative’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks;” – Article 2 – The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016
Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulation
“2. The EU declaration of conformity shall have the model structure set out in Annex IV, shall contain the elements specified in the relevant modules set out in Annexes II and III and shall be continuously updated. It shall be translated into the language or languages required by the Member State in which the apparatus is placed or made available on the market.” – Article 15 – EU declaration of conformity – Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016
“2. Name and address of the manufacturer or his authorised representative:” – Annex IV – Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016
“(12) ‘authorised representative’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks;” – Article 3 – Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016
The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations
“Before machinery is placed on the market or put into service, the responsible person must: […] (e) draw up the EC declaration of conformity in accordance with Annex II, […] and ensure that it accompanies the machinery;” – 7. Supply of Machinery – The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
“2. name and address of the person authorised to compile the technical file, who must be established in an EEA state;“ – Annex II – A. – The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
“The manufacturer of partly completed machinery or his authorised representative shall, before placing it on the market, ensure that: […] (c) a declaration of incorporation described in Annex II, part 1, Section B has been drawn up.” – Article 13 – Procedure for partly completed machinery – The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
“2. name and address of the person authorised to compile the relevant technical documentation, who must be established in the Community;” – Annex II – B. – The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
“(j) ‘authorised representative’ means any natural or legal person established in the EEA who has received a written mandate from the manufacturer to perform on his behalf all or part of the obligations and formalities connected with this Directive;” – Article 2 – The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008