UK housing ministry approves Basec for CPR testing
, January 7, 2021 The UK’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has designated Basec, a testing and certification partner to the worldwide cable industry, as an approved body for UK Construction Products Regulation (CPR) testing as of December 31, 2020. Following the Brexit trade agreements, the question has arisen surrounding mutual recognition agreement off conformity assessments between the EU and UK testing and certification bodies around CPR. According to a spokesman for Basec: “The agreement that was reached with the EU at the end of 2020 did not include a provision, which would allow for mutual recognition of conformity assessment. Our understanding of the EU Commission’s position is that type test reports issued by UK notified bodies will no longer be valid for the EU market from January 1, 2021. Test type reports issued by UK Notified Bodies will continue to be valid for