Member

On the issue of divergence, sadly in January 2023 a refuse collector passed away following an accident with a bin lorry. The Health and Safety Executive had concerns that the standard for this requirement was inadequate due to a lack of safety equipment. The Government took the decision to restrict the standard in the UK. Any of the CE markings on a bin lorry for the GB market will have to follow a more stringent conformity assessment process as a result, so we have diverged from EU regulations—so much so that the EU is now following our regulation in this area.