The CE marking is currently required in the following countries:
1. Austria (since 1995)
2. Belgium
3. Bulgaria (since 2007)
4. Czech Republic (since 2004)
5. Cyprus (since 2004)
6. Denmark
7. Estonia (since 2004)
8. Finland (since 1995)
9. France
10. Germany
11. Greece
12. Hungary (since 2004)
13. Iceland
14. Ireland
15. Italy
16. Latvia (since 2004)
17. Lithuania (since 2004)
18. Liechtenstein
19. Luxembourg
20. Malta (since 2004)
21. Norway
22. The Netherlands
23. Poland (since 2004)
24. Portugal
25. Romania (since 2007)
26. Slovakia (since 2004)
27. Slovenia (since 2004)
28. Spain
29. Sweden (since 1995)
30. United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Switzerland is not a member of the European Union, but for some products it accepts the CE marking as a presumption of conformity with Swiss national technical regulations.
PLEASE NOTE: Turkey is neither member of the EU, nor is considered a part of the EEA. However, Turkey has fully implemented many of the European CE marking directives. This means that for many products they also require CE marking.
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i am in australia , i want to order few lifting equipment from china to australia.
These equipment are already ce certified . Do i need a certification in australia.for the use of selling and using this equipment
i would appreciate your response
No Sunny. The CE marking only applies in the European Union, and in Australia it is not required.
Good morning Han I hope you are well. We are looking into CE marking our manufacturing machines rather than our product. As we update them to produce different products do we need to re-CE mark them and can we do this ourselves? I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind Regards
Andy Cammack
If I understand correctly, you speak about the machinery in your production facility? If you modify them, and the modification is a functional modification, the existing CE marking is not longer valid and as the modifier, your company is now seen as the manufacturer of the (new) machine and it becomes responsible for CE marking.
Machinery in most cases can be self-certified. Only the dangerous machinery listed on Annex IV to the Machinery Directive must be certified with involvement of a 3rd party.
I hope this is helpful.
Hi Nicos,
Good point. The Construction Products Directive has always been a special directive in the family of CE marking directives. You are right that with the new amendments introduced in a regulation, a lot will change. For one thing: since the new CE requirements are now formulated in a regulation instead of a directive, the Member States of the EU do not have to transpose them in order for them to become effective. The regulation applies directly.
Regarding the 89/106/EEC directive as far as I know, CE Marking is not obligatory in the UK, in Sweden, in Finland and in Ireland. It is one of the key points in the negotiations for making the directive a regulation. This is in conflict to what I read here. Can you please clarify.
Thanks
Nicos Leon
Athens, Greece
Great Post!