Other New Approach Directives
Active Implantable Medical Devices - contact Department of Health, Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Hannibal House, Elephant & Castle, London SE1 6TQ on 020 7972 8000 (or text phone 020 7972 8356), e-mail devices@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
Construction Products - For information on Building Regulations visit The Department for Communities and Local Government at http://www.communities.gov.uk (formerly ODPM, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister).
Efficiency Requirements for Hot Water Boilers: A "Product standards" guide is available from the link on the right, and you can order a hard copy online via BERR Publications. Contact Alan Christie, Sustainable Energy Policy Division, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Zone 6/F8, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SWlE 6DE on 020 7082 8726 (or by fax on 020 7082 8735). Further useful information, including a Boiler Efficiency Database, can be found at http://www.sedbuk.com. General information on energy efficiency can be found at Action Energy - a UK Government programme designed to provide free information to organisations to help them cut their energy bills.
Non-automatic Weighing Instruments, defined as measuring instruments which determine the mass of a body or other mass related magnitudes, quantities, parameters or characteristics by using the action of gravity, and which require the intervention of an operator, and the Measuring Instruments Directive which covers a number of measuring instrument types, including gas and electricity meters, petrol pumps and automatic weighing instruments - Further information is available from the National Weights & Measures Laboratory, Stanton Avenue, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0JZ, telephone +44 (0) 20 8943 7272 or mailto:info@nwml.gov.uk
NWML publish "The Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2000 - (S.I 2000 no 3236), Notes for Guidance" (PDF, 350Kb).
Our earlier guidance note, kept available for reference, is "Product standards - Non-automatic Weighing Instruments - UK Regulations". You can order a hard copy online via BERR Publications
Medical Devices - contact Department of Health, Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Hannibal House, Elephant & Castle, London SE1 6TQ on 020 7972 8000 (or text phone 020 7972 8356), e-mail devices@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
Toy Safety - A "Product standards" guide is available from the link on the right. Contact Ian Parsons, Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, Consumer and Competition Policy Directorate, Bay 572, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET. Tel 020 7215 0360, fax 020 7215 0357.
(The printed version of "Product standards - Toy safety" is now out of stock. It will not be reprinted, as a new edition is being prepared. The new edition will be made available in both printed and electronic formats.)
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