There is a 'proposed' amendment being circulated that has not yet been voted on by the UK Government (so we cannot say it will happen or not). If the vote passes in late Autumn, the UKCA legislation will be changed once again to allow 'EU Notified body' ATEX...
New centre enables the ExVeritas/Alderley Centre to deliver world leading CompEx training from South West England 27 June 2022, Bristol, UK: Today leading end-to-end integrated solutions provider Alderley has announced the launch of a new CompEx training centre at...
What can sites covered by DSEAR do if the 'Ex' equipment they need is not available as 'UKCA Ex' next year? ATEX equipment, in distribution or in stock/stores is already on the market and can be installed (subject to it being to suitable Standards which is a EN/IEC...
Mandatory UKCA Ex Certification Deadline Extended Businesses will have an additional year to apply new product safety markings such as UKCA Ex (ATEX) for most products placed on the market in England, Scotland and Wales This applies to all goods where businesses...
IEC 60079-26 has been published with a major extension The scope of the standard was extended for separation elements between all EPLs for Gas and Dust hazardous areas as well as for non-electrical equipment. Suffice to say IEC 60079-26 now covers just about...
What to do if you need UKCA Certification now, but parts of the equipment are only ATEX Certified. During the period of time-limited recognition of certification by EU CABs only (limited to goods being placed on the GB market in 2021 for most areas), it is...
Joint ATEX & UKCA File Lodge with upload option offering immediate File Lodge Certificate’ issue Using the unique ExVeritas Certification Management System (CMS) you can now ‘upload’ your Technical Files directly and receive a signed File Lodge Certificate from...
IEC 60079-10-1:2015 (Area Classification) Withdrawn IEC 60079-10-1:2015 (Area Classification) is now withdrawn as of 18-Dec-2020. The new standard is IEC 60079-10-1:2020 Explosive atmospheres - Part 10-1: Classification of areas - Explosive gas atmospheres This...
UKCA Certification Scheme Starts UKCA Certification for 'Ex' (ATEX) has now started. The UK Government has called the scheme 'ATEX' and the UK Standard list is referred to as 'Designated standards: ATEX'! The current list is predominantly European (EN) Standards...
Free ATEX Certificate Transfers Ends 01/01/2021 UPDATE 21/12/2020 All ExVeritas UK Issued QAN's and Technical Files have been transferred to the ExVeritas Office in Denmark (ExVeritas ApS) Notified Body Number 2804 and customers can update their EU Declarations of...