Publications

This Guide is for businesses placing recreational craft on the market in Great Britain from 1 January 2021. If you are placing recreational craft on the market in Northern Ireland, you should read separate guidance. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/product-safety-and-metrology-from-1-January-2021-northernireland  The Guide is designed to help you understand The Recreational Craft Regulations 2017, as amended by the Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (referre ...

The Recreational Craft Sectoral Group (RSG) was established to assist in the uniform application and interpretation of the Recreational Craft Directive by all Notified Bodies and other parties with valid interests.The RSG Guidelines are prepared to assist manufacturers and Notified Bodies by clarifying and defining terms, questions and grey areas within the regulations.The RSG guidelines are available to download from the RSG website (you are required to register) or from the British marine webs ...

RCD Application Guide - Directive 2013-53-EU Guide to the application of the directive 2013/53/EU relating to recreational craft and personal watercraft Available here ...

Template DoC's for use with products placed on the EU market  Available here ...

British marine are pleased to release a guide to assist UK boatbuilders apply for a European Manufacturers Identity Code. From the 1st of January a UK boatbuilder must apply to one of the EU 27 member states to register as a Manufacturer and request a code if they wish to place a recreational craft on the EU market. British Marine has contacted a number of EU Recognised Organisations and produced a guide outlining who to contact, the cost of the process and the likely timescale. British Marine M ...

UK Leisure & Small Commercial Marine Industry trading under World Trade Organisation (WTO) Tariffs or the UK-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA). British Marine are pleased to release a guide to the UK - EU trade agreement. This guide gives an overview for manufacturers, importers and exporters of trading under the new trade agreement between the UK and the EU. It covers WTO tariffs, finding your commodity code and the new Rules of Origin requirements to take advantage of the 0 tariff agreement. I ...

Certain products are required to be CE marked under the RCD, following the UK’s departure from the European Union those products are required to meet the amended Recreational Craft Regulations and be UKCA marked either by the 1st of January 2021 or the 1st of January 2022. One of the requirements of the new UK regulations is for a Declaration of Conformity to the regulations be completed by the manufacturer, the same process as the Declaration of Conformity required by the RCD. Whilst there is n ...