CE Certification Introduction
The CE certification mark is a safety certification mark that is regarded as a passport for manufacturers to open and enter the European market. Anything with “ CE certification ” The products of the logo can be sold in the EU member states, without meeting the requirements of each member state, so as to achieve the free circulation of goods within the EU member States.
In the EU market “ CE certification ” The mark is a mandatory certification mark, whether it is a product produced by an enterprise within the EU or a product produced in other countries, in order to circulate freely in the EU market, it must be affixed “ CE” Marking to indicate that the product complies with the basic requirements of the EU Directive on New Methods of Technical Harmonisation and Standardisation. This is a mandatory requirement for products under EU law.
CE certification two words, from French “ CommunateEuroppene” It stands for European Community. The European Community later evolved into the European Union (EU).
In recent years, in the European Economic Area (European Union, European Free Trade Association member states, except Switzerland) on the market, the use of CE certification mark is more and more, the CE mark affixed to the goods said that it meets the safety, health, environmental protection and consumer protection and a series of European directives to express the requirements.
In the past, EC countries have different requirements for imports and sales of products, and goods manufactured according to a country's standards may not be listed in other countries, as part of the effort to eliminate trade barriers, CE certification came into being. Therefore,CE stands for CONFORMITEEUROPEENNE (European Unity). In fact, CE certification is also the "European Community" in many national languages of the European Community. The abbreviation of this phrase, originally shortened from the English phrase EUROPEANCOMMUNITY to EC, later because the European Community in French is COMMUNATEEUROPEIA, Italian is COMUNITAEUROPEA, Portuguese is COMUNIDADEEUROPEIA, The Spanish language is COMUNIDADEEUROPE, etc., so EC is changed to CE. Of course, CE may also be regarded as CONFORMITYWITHEUROPEAN (DEMAND) (in line with European (requirements)).
The significance of the CE certification mark is: The abbreviation CE is used as a symbol to indicate that the product affixed with the CE mark meets the main requirements stipulated in the relevant European directives, and to confirm that the product has passed the corresponding conformity assessment procedure and/or the manufacturer's declaration of conformity, and truly becomes the passport for the product to be allowed to enter the European Community market. The relevant directive requires the industrial products affixed with the CE mark, without the CE mark, shall not be sold on the market, has affixed the CE mark to enter the market products, found not to meet the safety requirements, to be ordered to recover from the market, continuous violation of the directive on the CE mark provisions, will be restricted or prohibited from entering the EU market or forced to withdraw from the market.
EU and EEA countries require CE marking
EU25 Member States:
Austria Austria,Belgium Belgium,Denmark Denmark,Finland Finland,France France,Germany Germany,Greece Greece,Ireland Ireland,Italy Italy,Luxemburg Luxembourg,Netherlands Por tugal Portugal,Spain Spain,Sweden Sweden,UnitedKingdom(GreatBritain) UK, Estonia,Latvia,Lithuania,Poland,CzechRepublic,Slovakia,Hungary,Slovenia,Malta,Cyprus,Cyprus.< /div>
4 Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) :
Switzerland, Iceland,Liechtenstein,Norway