UK and Switzerland Sign Mutual Recognition Agreement for 5 Sectors

The U.K. and Switzerland signed a mutual recognition agreement to drop nontariff barriers concerning conformity assessment in five sectors, the Department for International Trade announced Nov. 17. The covered sectors are electrical equipment and electromagnetic compatibility, measuring instruments, radio equipment, transportable pressure equipment and noise-emitting equipment for use outdoors. The agreement lets these goods be tested in the U.K. against Swiss regulations, then be sold in Switzerland without additional testing and vice versa. Pending parliamentary approval, the MRA will be applied provisionally beginning Jan. 1.