Why standards and conformity matters
Standards and conformity assessment shape how products are designed, tested, and brought to market. They influence compliance, innovation, and competitiveness. Staying aligned as requirements evolve is essential. BEAMA ensures members are informed, prepared, and able to influence the development of standards at every level.
How we support you
Our breadth of engagement
BEAMA represents members across key standardisation bodies and industry groups, including:
What this means for your business
✔ Influence the development of future standards
✔ Stay aligned with evolving regulatory requirements
✔ Reduce compliance risk and complexity
✔ Gain early insight into technical change
✔ Strengthen your competitive position
Our participation within United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) includes close engagement with the Policy Advisory Forum and Policy Advisory Council. This ensures the practical needs and views of manufacturers are reflected in the development and application of UK accreditation policy. Through this role, we channel member feedback directly into discussions on accreditation processes, giving members early visibility of emerging requirements and a direct route to raise issues affecting testing, inspection, certification, and market access.
We are also a leading nominating body to BSI committees, with members contributing to over 200 standards committees across national, European, and international levels.
This ensures UK industry is effectively represented in the development of global standards.
Technical leadership in practice
BEAMA members play an active role in shaping the future of the sector through participation in standardisation.
This includes key areas such as digitalisation, interoperability, low carbon technologies, and emerging system design.
BEAMA is also engaged in international conformity assessment through the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Conformity Assessment Board, with representation across key systems including IECEE, the IEC System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components. We also have visibility of the IEC’s three other Systems: IECRE, IECEx and IECQ.
Engage with BEAMA on Standards & Conformity Assessment.
