European CE Standard

[HVACGod]

Trying to locate equipment manufacturers that meet and are labeled with the European CE standardization guidelines. Any input is appreciated. This equipment will likely be purchased through a US manufacturer and exported internationally for application requirements in Europe.

[NoNickName]

Stop searching. All european manufacturers are CE labeled, because it is compulsory. No manufacturer can put on the market any product unless CE marked. Anyway, we are manufacturers...

[Argus]

There is no such thing as a list, as NoNickName says. Not all products need to be CE marked, but for those that do it?s a legal requirement.

The reason for it all is to satisfy the EU free movement of goods laws. These are quite complex and you need to be a lot more specific about your intended product type and application and even more importantly, as a third country supplier, (i.e. out side the EU), you need to work out your supply chain because the first importer or your agent into any EU state has a number of legal obligations. In fact the onus is on this company or individual rather than the third country manufacturer.

If you are organising marketing a non CE marked product into the EU, there are a series of assessment steps that need to be taken.

Let?s try to throw some light on the subject.

First, What CE marking is not.
It is not a standardisation procedure as you said, and it is not optional.

All products of all types that are covered by New Approach Directives or are required to be assessed for certain other Directives need to indicate this as a legal requirement for sale in the EU and often (but not always) the EFTA countries.

The way this is done is that the manufacturer or his agent in the EU, or first importer, assesses the item in the light of all relevant Directives. It is probable that any particular product will fall under more than one separate Directive.
For example, air conditioning machines could be covered by the Low Voltage Directive, Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive, Pressure Equipment Directive, and even the Machinery Safety Directive in some cases.
He then decides what he has to do to satisfy the essential requirements of each Directive and works out the compliance route for each one. There are usually specified methods for doing all this and officially recognised certification organisations to do the work. When he has proved all the compliances he is then authorised to put a CE Mark on the product.
He then provides a legal Declaration of Conformity document in the correct format to say what he has done.
This needs to be done once only in any EU country to be valid in all the 25 member states.
It is illegal not to do it, and it is illegal to falsify the mark. It is also illegal to market a relevant product without it.


Good luck.

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