Are You Losing Money Because You Don’t Know How CE Marking Certification Works?
The letters "CE" are the acronym of French phrase "Conformité Européene" which literally means "European Conformity". The term primarily used was "EC Mark" and it was formally replaced by "CE Marking" in the Directive 93/68/EEC in 1993. "CE Marking" is now used in all EU official documents.
Does my product need CE Marking?
CE Marking is most probably required if you export to the 27 European Union (EU) and 3 European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member states the following 20 groups of products -
- Appliances Burning Gaseous Fuels (AppliGas)
The "appliances burning gaseous fuels" used for cooking, heating, hot water production, refrigeration, lighting or washing and having, where applicable, a normal water temperature not exceeding 105 gC. Forced draught burners and heating bodies to be equipped with such burners will also be considered as appliances.
- Cableway Installations to Carry Persons
The "cableway installations designed to carry persons" shall mean installations made up of several components, designed, manufactured, assembled and put into service with the object of carrying persons.
These on-site installations are used for the carriage of persons in vehicles or by towing devices, whereby the suspension and/or traction is provided by cables positioned along the line of travel.
- Low Voltage Electrical Equipment
The "Electrical Equipment" means any equipment designed for use with a voltage rating of between 50 and 1000 V for alternating current (A.C.) and between 75 and 1500 V for direct current (D.C.). Therefore, it is called often "Low Voltage Electrical Equipment" which includes the vast majority of electrical equipment in everyday use.
- Construction Products
The "construction product" means any product which is produced for incorporation in a permanent manner in construction works, including both buildings and civil engineering works.
- Explosives for Civil Uses
The "Explosives" here shall mean the materials and articles considered to be such in the United Nations recommendations on the transport of dangerous goods and falling within Class 1 of those recommendations.
- Hot Water Boilers
The "hot-water boilers" here means a boiler fired by liquid or gaseous fuels with a rated output of between 4 kW and 400 kW (including 4 kW and 400 kW).
- Active Implantable Medical Devices
The "active medical device" means any medical device relying for its functioning on a source of electrical energy or any source of power other than that directly generated by the human body or gravity
The "active implantable medical device" means any active medical device which is intended to be totally or partially introduced, surgically or medically, into the human body or by medical intervention into a natural orifice, and which is intended to remain after the procedure.
Technical Documentation
- A general description of the product
- Design and manufacturing drawings, descriptions and explanations necessary for the understanding of drawings, results of design calculation made, examinations
- A list of the standards referred to in specific article of the Directive, applied in full or in part, and descriptions of the solutions adopted to meet the essential requirements where standards have not been applied,
- A detailed description of manufacture.
- A description of the means (such as the use of test report or technical file), whereby the manufacturer ensures conformity with the approved model.
- Copies of the documents the manufacturer has submitted to an approved body in accordance with specified article for some directives.
- The test certificate for the sample or a certificated copy there of.
Declaration of Conformity
- The name and address of the manufacturer or the authorized representative issuing the declaration;
- The identification of the product (name, type or model number, and any relevant supplementary information, such as lot, batch or serial number, sources and numbers of items)
- All relevant provisions complied with; the referenced standards or other normative documents (such as national technical standards and specifications) in a precise, complete and clearly defined way;
- All supplementary information that may be required
- The date of issue of the declaration; signature and title or an equivalent marking of authorized person
- The statement that the declaration is issued under the sole responsibility of the manufacturer and, if applicable, the authorized representative.