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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
It all depends on what deal is negotiated. If a product has been certified by British certification firm with a CE mark it becomes invalid in the event of no deal as the certification firm is in a third country and can't be overseen by EU bodies. There could be a deal to avoid this but some things are hard to avoid if you're not in a single market. Trade deals commonly require the product you're exporting to have a certain level of local content. This makes sense, otherwise a developed company could do something like add a steering wheel to a Chinese made car and claim it's local.
For EU-made products, the local content can be from anywhere in the UK including the UK. When we leave the EU, our products won't be part of that percentage. Therefore, EU manufacturers may have to substitute British-made parts for EU-made parts to access trade deals.
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So how do non-EU countries deal with CE certification? The manufacturers are the ones that state whether it is CE certified or not. There are cases currently where products are imported that are not safe. Just goes to show it's a bogus issue on the part of the EU. In theory a German firm can manufacture items which don't meet EU regulations, as long as they don't sell them in the EEA. In theory somebody in Ireland will be able to go to NI, and buy an item that is not CE certified, but is ok for sale in the UK, if the UK changes any rules. No different to the current EU setup. Somebody could travel to the US and bring back a non-CE certified product, all legal and above board. As far as the EU should be concerned, there should be no issues with this, until and
if the UK changes any product rules. Chances are any UK rules will be broadly similar or above and beyond any EU rules. Little point in a manufacturer making a product that is ok to sell the UK, but not in the EU.
If anything we are the ones with potential to complain if we have higher product standards, but have to allow lower standard EU products to be sold here.