# The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025, Paragraph 19: United Kingdom conformity marking and declaration of conformity


(1) The manufacturer must affix the United Kingdom conformity mark and the identification number of the approved body that has approved the quality system to each individual product that is in conformity with the equipment standard described in the United Kingdom conformity assessment examination certificate and that satisfies the applicable international standards.
(2) The manufacturer must draw up a written United Kingdom declaration of conformity for each product model and keep it at the disposal of the Secretary of State for a period of at least 10 years after the United Kingdom conformity mark has been affixed on the last product manufactured and in no case for a period shorter than the expected life of the marine equipment concerned.
(3) The United Kingdom declaration of conformity must identify the marine equipment model for which it has been drawn up and a copy of the United Kingdom declaration of conformity must be made available to the Secretary of State on request.
(4) The manufacturer must keep at the disposal of the Secretary of State for a period of at least 10 years after the United Kingdom conformity mark has been affixed on the last product manufactured and in no case for a period shorter than the expected life of the marine equipment concerned—
(a) everything comprising the application referred to in paragraphs 17(1) and 17(2);
(b) details of any change referred to in paragraph 17(12) which has been approved;
(c) any decisions and reports of the approved body referred to in paragraphs 17(12), 18(2) and 18(4).
(5) Each approved body must inform the Secretary of State of quality system approvals that it has issued or withdrawn and must, periodically or on request, make available to the Secretary of State the list of quality system approvals that it has refused, suspended or otherwise restricted.
(6) Each approved body must inform the other United Kingdom approved bodies of quality system approvals which it has refused, suspended or withdrawn, and, on request, of quality system approvals which it has issued.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348275520/schedule/2/paragraph/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-marine-equipment-regulations-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-19
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