What is CE Marking?

What is CE Marking?

CE Marking is the symbol shown on the top of this page. The letters "CE" are the abbreviation of French phrase "Conformité Européene" which literally means "European Conformity".

What does the CE Marking sign on the product mean?

1、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 legislation, in practice by many of the so-called Product Directives.

Product Directives contains the "essential requirements" and/or "performance levels" and "Harmonized 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.

2、CE Marking on a product indicates to governmental officials that the product may be legally placed on the market in their country.

3、CE Marking on a product ensures the free movement of the product within the EFTA & European Union (EU) single market (including totally 30 EEA* countries), and

4、CE Marking on a product permits the withdrawal of the non-conforming products by EEA customs and enforcement/vigilance authorities.

From：http://www.cecertificate.org/certification/77.html