ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade Non-US Electrical Systems & Trades Schuko trailing sockets legal in UK?

Hi all,

Have browsed this and other websites looking for relevant info, (but had little success).

So have "wandered" into this forum, hoping some of you "die-hards" might be able to shed some light on this for me.

Can anyone provide me with any legal reason why a trailing distribution block, fitted with Schuko sockets would NOT be legal in UK, as long as it met with the appropriate CE regs (and was already on sale and in legal use in other EEA countries).

Have asked various bodies (Trading standards, BSI, IEE) but to no avail.

Is there an over-riding UK regulation that prohibits such CE-approved items?

(links to relevant websites/documents most acceptable).

thanx in advance,

Tim