The UKCA marking use requirements will be extended until 1 January 2023,
UKCA,

▍What is cTUVus & ETL CERTIFICATION?

OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), affiliated to US DOL (Department of Labor), demands that all products to be used in workplace must be tested and certificated by NRTL before being sold in market. Applicable testing standards include American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards; American Society for Testing Material (ASTM) standards, Underwriter Laboratory (UL) standards, and factory mutual-recognition organization standards.

▍OSHA, NRTL, cTUVus, ETL and UL terms definition and relationship

OSHA: Abbreviation of Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It is an affiliation of US DOL (Department of Labor).

NRTL： Abbreviation of Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory. It is in charge of lab accreditation. Up to now, there are 18 third-party testing institutions approved by NRTL, including TUV, ITS, MET and so forth.

cTUVus： Certification mark of TUVRh in North America.

ETL： Abbreviation of American Electrical Testing Laboratory. It was established in 1896 by Albert Einstein, the American inventor.

UL： Abbreviation of Underwriter Laboratories Inc.

▍Difference between cTUVus, ETL & UL

▍Why MCM?

● Soft Support from qualification and technology: As the witness testing lab of TUVRH and ITS in North American Certification, MCM is able to perform all types of testing and provide better service by exchanging technology face to face.

● Hard support from technology: MCM is equipped with all testing equipment for batteries of big-sized, small-sized and precision projects (i.e. electric mobile car, storage energy, and electronic digital products), able to provide overall battery testing and certification services in North America, covering standards UL2580, UL1973, UL2271, UL1642, UL2054 and so forth.

On 24th August 2021, the British government released a new announcement on the using of UKCA marking, that is, the originally scheduled date that the CE marking can no longer be used in Great Britain market has been extended from January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2023.The businesses must use the UKCA marking for the goods placed on the market in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) from 1 January 2023. Before that, thebusinesses can still use the CE marking.
You must use the UKCA marking from 1January 2023. You can still use the CE marking until then.
The CE marking is only valid in Great Britain for areas where GB and EU rules remain the same. If the EU changes its rules and you CE mark your product on the basis of those new rules you will not be able to use the CE marking to sell in Great Britain, even before 31 December 2022.
The UKCA marking is at least 5mm in height – unless a different minimum dimension is specified in the relevant legislation.If you reduce or enlarge the size of your marking, the letters forming the UKCAmarking must be in proportion to the authorized version.
The CE marking is only valid in Great Britain for areas where GB and EU rules remain the
same. If the EU changes its rules and you CE mark your product on the basis of those new
rules you will not be able to use the CE marking to sell in Great Britain, even before 31
December 2022. Our suggestion is that you’d better acquire the UKCA certificate for the
product to be placed on Great Britain Market and apply the marking to the goods as early
as possible.