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About CE Marking:
CE Marking is the symbol as shown on this page. The letters "CE" are the abbreviation of French phrase Conformite Europeene which literally means European Conformity. CE Marking is called European Passport
a) CE Marking on a product is a manufacturer's declaration that the product complies with the essential requirements of the relevant European health, safety and environmental protection legislations, in practice by many of the so-called Product Directives*. *Product Directives contains the "essential requirement" and/or "Performance levels and 'Haronized Standards" to which the products must conform. Harmonized Standards are the technical specifications (European Standards or Harmonization Documents) which
are established by several European standards agencies (CEN, CENELEC etc.) CEn stands for European Committee for Standardization. CENELEC stands for European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization.
b) CE Marking on a product indicates to governmental officials that the product be legally placed on the market in their country.
c) CE Marking on a product ensures the free movement of the product within the Eu single market.
d) CE Marking on a product permits the withdrawal of the non-conforming products by customs and enforcement / vigilance authorities.
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EU legislations, e.g. EU directive concerning Liability for Defective product, make EU importers liable for the products they import, including the machinery they provide to their employees for work. Many non Eu exporter are finding that no matter how interested a prospective EU importer may be in a prospective EU importer may be in the product, the importer will NO T risk importing non-conforming product (i.e. the products without CE marking) which, in case of accident, may generate legal action against them. The liability claims in a law suit can be as high as 70 million EUROs.
CE Marking may' be achieved through several modules. One of the most practical ways, which is preferred by many EU importers who are neither specialized in the complicated CE marking process nor willing to take risk, is that the manufacturer designates an Authorized Representative in the EU member states who will take care of the CE Marking issue therefore the importer and/or distributors can focus on the marketing and sales of the products. The manufacturer may need only ONE Authorized Representative in E U whereas may have many importers and/or distributors.
In general, CE marking is most probably required if you want to sell. to the 15 European Union (EU) and 3 European free Trade Association (EFTA) member states, the following 23 groups of products air traffic management equipment & systems, appliances burning gaseous fuels, cableway installations to carry persons, construction products, electrical equipment, equipment and protective systems for explosive atmospheres, explosives for civil uses, hot water boilers, household refrigerators & freezers, lift, machinery, marine equipment, measuring instruments, medical devices, non-automatic medical devices, non-automatic weighing equipment, personal protective equipment, pressure equipment, simple pressure vessels, recreational craft, radio equipment & ' telecommunications terminal equipment, toys and trans European conventional rail system.
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