Eurofins Product Testing - CE marking
The CE mark is a prerequisite for a number of products for being marketed in the European Union. The EU Commission says:
By affixing the CE marking on a product, the manufacturer declares on his/her sole responsibility that the product is in conformity with the essential requirements of the directives that apply to it and that the relevant conformity assessment procedures have been fulfilled. Thus products bearing the CE marking benefit from free circulation in the European Market.
The required declaration of product properties are laid down in European norms issued by CEN.
CE mark is administered in a very different manner when compared between different product groups. This regards both how challenging the specifications are, and how tight is the net of monitoring and control by independent certification and inspection agencies, the so-called notified bodies. Any notified body has to be approved by a EU member state. The approval is valid only for a certain, well-defined area.
At present, several laboratories within Eurofins Group are operating such notified bodies for CE marking of toys, medical devices, construction products, personal protective devices, aspects of machinery safety, lifts and more.
For more details, please see our notifications at NANDO database:
Please see also a complete list of notified bodies, and for what areas they are approved, at NANDO database.
Read more about the CE marking for toys, and about the New Approach, or contact our national organisations or our specialists.