Importing a boat from Europe, Trading Standards Response

[westernman]

What a load of absolute nonsense from start to finish. None of it is evidenced by legislation, and what lousy is completely contrary to the present legislation.
Customs have nothing whatsoever to do with UK certification and have no powers to check it. Trading Standards are the named enforcement authority in the Act.

Lets not get into the realms of complete fantasy.

Here is the actual legislation,

8. Obligations of private importers​

A private importer is any natural or legal person (e.g. a company) established in the UK who imports in the course of a non-commercial activity a product from a country outside the UK with the intention of putting it into service for their own use.

The obligations of private importers include:

S 36 If a private importer imports a product that has not previously been placed on the GB market, where the manufacturer has not carried out the relevant conformity assessment procedure, the private importer will have to carry out a post construction assessment to demonstrate conformity with the Regulations, as set out in Schedule 5.

What this means is if you import a boat as a private person, if the manufacturer has carried out CE marking then you dont have to do anything.

I never asked Trading Standards about American boats so cant answer that, but the legislation just says you need to do UK marking only if it's a boat model that has not been placed on the UK market before, and where the manufacturer has not carried out the relative conformity procedure. So, it might well be the case that in addition to European boats which do not require UK certification, American boats might now fall in the same category.

Conformity with the regulations.
I.e. UK RCR. (aka RCD 2013).

Not conformity with older regulations which were in effect when the boat was built.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Where's the legislation you were going to post, still not read it?

I never said i would post any legislation, that's just another figment of your imagination.

 

[westernman]

Customs have nothing whatsoever to do with UK certification and have no powers to check it. Trading Standards are the named enforcement authority in the Act.

Customs do check that products conform to UK regulations and have CE or UK CA documentation.
When you import your boat into the UK, you have to present this documentation to customs otherwise you will not be able to move your boat.

Customs are the guys to whom you will talk to when importing your boat. Not trading standards.

 

[Koeketiene]

Customs do check that products conform to UK regulations and have CE or UK CA documentation.
When you import your boat into the UK, you have to present this documentation to customs otherwise you will not be able to move your boat.

Customs are the guys to whom you will talk to when importing your boat. Not trading standards.

As per post #83.
Trading Standards were never involved, only HMRC.

The boat in question was built in 1984 - well before the RCD saw the light of day.
No-one asked about any CE certification for the boat, but HMRC did request CE certification for the engine.
As she had been re-engined in 2010 (Nanni) this did not prove a hard thing to provide.