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Heads of Service email to local authorities sent on 25 October 2024

This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: E-bike and e-scooters campaigns
Primary Authority: Primary Authority online training opportunities; changes
to the statutory guidance 2024; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Construction Products: Construction Products in-person training
opportunities
Dates to note

Chief Fire Officers' email to Fire and Rescue Services sent on 25 October 2024

This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: E-bike and e-scooters safety campaign
Primary Authority: Primary Authority online training opportunities; changes to the statutory guidance 2024
Dates to note

Primary Authority National Meeting Wednesday 9 October 2024

Slides provided by Jaime Laing from Sainsbury's, Rozinah Shah from Cherwell District Council, and John Nash from Oxfordshire County Council on how their PA partnership works in practice.

Heads of Service email to local authorities sent on 18 October 2024

This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: Fireworks campaign media assets; OPSS advises consumers on banned chemical
Primary Authority: Changes to the statutory guidance 2024; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Dates to note

Primary Authority: Regulators’ Companion resource updates; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Wider Updates: Local Authority training opportunities
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A recording and slides from OPSS's Quarterly Live Briefing for Local Authorities hosted on Tuesday 8 October at 4pm.

This email contains information on the following:

Reminder: OPSS Quarterly Live Briefing Tuesday 8 October
Product Safety: Final set of e-bike and e-scooter returns to be submitted; BSI consultation of PAS 7055:2025 button and coin batteries; PRISM and PSD toolkit
Primary Authority: Primary Authority Register accessibility survey; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Construction Products: Introduction to Construction Webinar
Dates to note

This email contains information on the following:

Save the date: Reminder: OPSS Quarterly Live Briefing Tuesday 8 October
Product Safety: Final returns submissions for LA e-bike and e-scooters project; Designated Standards on tumble dryers
Legal Metrology: Publication of the Section 70 Weights and Measures returns report 2023-24
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority – Reminder of opportunities previously included
Wider Updates: Learning and development opportunities in Product Safety and Legal Metrology
Dates to note

There are approximately 3,500 designated standards. To date, 509 new or amended European harmonised standards have been designated since 1 January 2021. Attached are the 18 designated standards that have a restriction or informative note not reflected in the equivalent citation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Primary Authority Request for Revocation Form.

This email contains information on the following:

Save the date: OPSS Quarterly Live Briefing 8 Oct
Product Safety: OPSS issues safety alert in relation to water beads
Primary Authority: Complete the Primary Authority Register accessibility survey; Businesses seeking Primary Authority; Primary Authority Training
Dates to note

Product Safety: E-bike and E-scooter project: reminder of date for final return submissions; Designated Standards on Electrical equipment: reminder of proposals to amen
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
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Important update: Product Regulation and Metrology Bill
Product Safety: E-bike and E-scooters project: reminder of date for monthly returns submissions
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Dates to note

Product Safety: E-bike and E-scooters project: reminder to send return on activity; Updated Notification Guidance for Market Surveillance Authorities
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority – Reminder of opportunities previously included
Wider Updates: Learning and development opportunities in product safety and legal metrology
Dates to note

Product Safety: OPSS 2024 version of the Incident Management Plan; reminder of the deadline for Designated Standards; reminder of evaluation of product recalls code of practice

Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority – reminder of opportunities previously included; reminder of Primary Authority training dates

Dates to note

Product Safety: Product safety recalls: summer safety 2024
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority – new opportunities; Businesses seeking Primary Authority – existing opportunities; final Primary Authority training dates for 2024
Dates to note

Primary Authority Regional Groups and Panels

Primary Authority: Businesses seeking a primary authority
Product Safety: Designated standards
Dates to note

Product Safety: Evaluation of PAS7100:2022 – Product recalls code of practice
Legal metrology: Updating records of nil-holdings and calibration of local standards
Primary Authority: Primary Authority training dates
Dates to note

Head of service email to local authorities sent on 26 July 2024.

Product Safety: LA e-bike and e-scooter project returns monthly deadline
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking a primary authority
Dates to note