Have You Been Grappling With One Or More Of The Following Issues Related to CE Marking?

1. APPLICATION OF CE MARKING

• "What is CE Marking and does our product require CE Marking?"
• "Which Directives and standards do our products have to comply with, and where can I find the texts?"
• "Which CE Marking requirements affect our products and how do we apply the requirements to our products?"

2. RESPONSIBILITY / LIABILITY

• "Who is responsible for CE Marking?"
• "Our supplier says that his products are CE certified. How can I make sure that the suppliers certificates are real and that the products comply with the correct and latest versions of the standards?"

3. TESTING / CE CERTIFICATION

• "What kind of testing do we need to obtain the CE Marking and where can we have that done?"
• "Can we do self-certification?"
• "How do we prepare our products so we have the highest chances of passing the compliance tests and assessments the first time?"

4. TECHNICAL FILE

• "What documents should be in the Technical File?"
• "In what format should the Technical File be made so it satisfies the European authorities?"
• "How do I keep the documentation in the Technical File up to date?"
• "Where should the Technical File be kept?"

5. DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

• "What is the format of the Declaration of Conformity?"
• "In what language should the Declaration of Conformity be?"

6. CE MARK / CE MARKING

• "What rules apply to the affixing of the CE Marking?"
• "Where can I get the CE Mark logo?"

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• Document product compliance in a Technical File.
• Draw up a Declaration of Conformity and how to affix the CE Marking.

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Read below some background information about CE Marking.

CE marking / CE Mark / CE certification / CE Approval

• What is CE marking? 
• Why CE marking? 
• The CE Mark logo 
• Requirements with regard to the affixing of the CE marking logo 
• The CE marking Directives: Which EU Product Directives require the affixing of the CE marking?

  CEMarking.Net has a guide and coaching program that helps you to get the CE marking

What is CE marking?

The CE mark is a mandatory European marking for certain product groups to indicate conformity with the essential health and safety requirements set out in European Directives. The letters 'CE' are an abbreviation of Conformité Européenne, French for European conformity. The CE mark must be affixed to a product if it falls under the scope of the approx. 20 so called 'New Approach' Directives. Without the CE marking, and thus without complying with the provisions of the Directives, the product may not be placed in the market or put into service in the fifteen member states of the European Union and Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. However, if the product meets the provisions of the applicable European Directives, and the CE mark is affixed to a product, these countries may not prohibit, restrict or impede the placing in the market or putting into service of the product. Thus, CE marking can be regarded as the products trade passport for Europe.

The CE mark is not a quality-mark. First, it refers to the safety rather than to the quality of a product. Second, most quality markings are voluntary opposite to the CE marking, which is mandatory for the products it applies to. CE indicates conformity with mandatory European safety requirements. European conformity is certified by following clear and understandable procedures, the so-called ‘conformity assessment procedures’.

Why CE marking?

The European CE certification procedure has been mainly set up to:

1.Harmonize all varying national regulations for consumer and industrial products in European Member States, so that the Single Market is encouraged;

2.Bring about cost savings for producers;

3.Enhance the safety of products;

4.Supply public bodies with a uniform procedure that can be checked. 

Formerly, product requirements and test procedures were set by the Member States of the EU. This meant that, for example, companies that wanted to sell their products on the European market sometimes had to deal with more than ten different technical requirements or procedures for just one product. The existence of all the different national legislation was contrary to the aim of the European Union in realizing one Single Market, in which there would be a free circulation of goods (as well as a free circulation of persons, services and capital).

All the different product requirements brought many costs for the producers. With the help of the CE Directives or 'New Approach' Directives, the measures have been optimized by setting up European (European-wide) requirements, the harmonization of national legislation and directives, standards and mutual recognition of the technical standards, tests methods (compliance tests) and test laboratories, so that producers no longer need to adapt their products to the different markets.

During the process of harmonization the safety level of all products was attuned and raised. In most European countries, safety and health had already been the subject of directives for many years but the safety level was not always satisfactory. 

With the help of the conformity assessment procedures, the authorities can ascertain that the products that are placed on the market comply with the requirements as stated in the regulations of the directives. The CE marking is consequently largely for the benefit of the authorities. However, safe products are also necessary for the end user in the work or consumer environment.

The steps of the CE marking and CE certification procedure

Before the CE marking may be affixed to a product, the essential requirements of the applicable European Directive must be met. Moreover, the conformity of the product must be proved by following a testing and/or certification procedure. Besides some administrative steps this can mean that a risk analyses must be performed or that the compliance must be tested in a laboratory.

Products the CE marking applies to

The following European Directives requiring the affixing of a CE Marking are currently in force:

-Toys Directive
-Machinery Directive
-Low Voltage Directive
-Electromagnetic Compatibility or EMC Directive
-Personal Protective Equipment Directive
-Pressure Equipment Directive
-Medical Devices Directive
-Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive
-Directive for In Vitro Diagnostica
-Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive
-Simple Pressure Vessels Directive
-Gas Appliances Directive
-Lifts Directive
-Recreational Craft Directive
-Directive for Equipment and Protective Systems for Use in Explosive Atmospheres or ATEX Directive
-Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Directive
-Cableways Directive
-Construction Products Directive
-Explosives for Civil Use Directive
-New Hot Water Boilers Directive
-Measuring Equipment Directive
 

The CE mark is applicable to: medical devices, machinery, industrial installations, toys, electrical equipment, electronics, domestic appliances, pressure equipment, personal protective equipment, recreational craft, refrigerators etc.

The CE marking does not apply to: cosmetics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs.

Requirements with regard to the affixing of the CE marking logo

The CE marking must be affixed to the product, to its data plate or, where this is not possible or not warranted due to the nature of the product, to its packaging, if any, and to the accompanying documents by the manufacturer, the authorized representative in the Community or, in exceptional cases, by those responsible for placing the product on the market. The CE marking must be affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly. Where special provisions do not impose specific dimensions, it must have a height of at least 5 millimeters.

CEMarking.Net: the CE marking and CE certification website

Please visit CEmarking.Net where you will be informed about:

• CE marking and certification procedure: What is CE marking? How can the CE marking be obtained? Where can I have my product tested?
• European 'New Approach' Directives applicable to your product
• How to meet the requirements of the European Directives and the conformity assessment procedures
• Testing and certification
• European standards related to CE marking

And offer you the following CE marking services:

• CE Marking Help Desk
• Which European Directives apply to a certain product?
• Authorized representative