andrewducker | (Reply)

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European and North American standards are deliberately made identical whenever possible (example: EN 62368-1 and IEC 62368-1), so designers don't have to make country-specific models. The British Standards Institute's BS 62368-1 seems to be the same, so all good there - no need to redesign anything (yet).

When I am making a commercial product in a factory for sale in the EU and in North America, I currently get periodic on-site audits by (for example) Underwriter's Laboratories (for North American safety certifications) and by TUV (for EU safety certifications). Unless the UK recognizes audits by EU agencies such as TUV, I'm also going to have to have regular on-site audits by a UK agency such as BSI.

Those on-site audits aren't free. If I'm making a low-margin or low-volume item, the incremental cost of audits could exceed the profits from my sales to the UK. So I wouldn't bother getting BSI to sign off, and wouldn't sell to the UK.