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We’re hiring a Technical Assistant (Marine) or Certification Engineer (Marine)
Location: Wallingford The Company HPi-CEproof Ltd is an Approved Body for UK product safety regulations. This means that we are licensed by the UK government to certify products that used to need a CE mark but now need a UKCA mark, to
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Princess X95 issued with 1st ever UKCA certificate
HPi-CEproof is the only Approved Body empowered to issue ‘UKCA mark’ certificates under the new UK Recreational Craft Regulations that came into force on 1 January this year The Oxfordshire-based company’s ability to issue the new RCR type approval certificates
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If I buy a CE marked boat from Europe, does it have to be UKCA marked?
In 2021: No.  Theafter: Yes. The UK will continue to recognise the CE mark during 2021, so as to give the UK industry time to issue all the UKCA certificates required.  From 1st January 2022, UK will not recognise CE
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Does a UK manufacturer need a representative in Europe & vice versa?
No. UK has become a third country, in EU parlance. Manufacturers in third countries have always been permitted to place recreational craft products on the European (Economic Area) market without a local representative. A manufacturer may, however, choose to have
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HPi-CEproof auctions UKCA certificate #1 for charity
HPi-CEproof to auction very first UKCA RCR certificate of conformity for charitable causes This initiative has been launched to celebrate the highly experienced Notified Body’s recent appoin tment as the first and currently only Approved Body empowered to issue “UKCA
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HPi-CEproof appointed as an UK Approved Body
On 10th December 2020, the UK Secretary of State for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy, Alok Sharma MP, formally appointed HPi-CEProof in the first list of UK Approved Bodies. This appointment is the legal license for the company to issue
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Working through the COVID19 Pandemic
In response to the Coronavirus (COVID19) emergency, HPiCEproof has been monitoring advice from HM Government and is committed to ensuring that all activities carried out are in compliance with health and safety requirements during this pandemic. The government advice for
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HPi-CEproof and CEproof Merge
­­­ PRESS RELEASE:  27 August 2019 Two of the strongest players in the global marine compliance industry, EU Approved Body HPi-CEproof (HPi-CEproof) and Recreational Craft Regulations specialist CEproof Group have merged, creating HPI-CEproof Ltd. It has been a milestone 12
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