"CE" logo is a security certification mark that is seen as a passport to a manufacturer opening and entering the European market. Products with the "CE" logo can be sold in the eu members without meeting the requirements of each member state, thus achieving the free circulation of goods within the eu member countries. Market in the eu "CE" mark is a compulsory certification mark, whether the products of the enterprises within the eu, or products of other countries, to free circulation in the eu market, must be labeled with "CE", to show that the product is in conformity with the European Union "the new methods of technical coordination and standardization" basic requirements of the directive. This is a mandatory requirement for products by eu law.
The word CE is abbreviated from the French "Communate Europpene" and is the meaning of the European Community. The European Community later evolved into the European Union (eu).
In recent years, in the European economic area (the European Union, the European free trade association member, except Switzerland) in the sale of products on the market, the use of the CE mark is increasing, the CE mark labeled with commodity said it is in line with safety, health, environmental protection and consumer protection and a series of European directives to express requirements.
In the past, the European Union countries to import and sales of product requirements vary, according to a country's standard manufacturing goods to other countries might not listed, as part of efforts to eliminate trade barriers, CE arises at the historic moment. Thus, CE stands for CONFORMITE EUROPEENNE. CE or the EUROPEAN union, in fact, many countries languages of the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY "is the abbreviation of this phrase, the original in English phrase EUROPEAN COMMUNITY abbreviated EC, after the EC is in French COMMUNATE EUROPEIA, Italian for COMUNITA EUROPEA, Portuguese for COMUNIDADE EUROPEIA, Spanish for COMUNIDADE EUROPE etc., so the change of EC for CE. Of course, think of CE as CONFORMITY WITH EUROPEAN (DEMAND).
CE certification procedure:
1. The manufacturer's relevant laboratory (hereinafter referred to as the laboratory) offers an oral or written preliminary application.
2. The applicant should fill in the CE-marking application form, and send the application form, product instructions and technical documents to the laboratory (if necessary, the applicant will also be required to provide a prototype).
3. Laboratory determination of inspection standards and inspection items and quotation.
4. The applicant confirms the quotation and sends the samples and relevant technical documents to the laboratory.
5. Technical documents are provided by the applicant.
6. The laboratory shall issue a fee notice to the applicant, and the applicant shall pay the certification fee according to the fee notice.
7. Laboratory product testing and technical documentation review.
8. Technical document review includes:
A. whether the documents are perfect or not.
B. Whether the document is written in the official European language (English, German or French).
9. If the technical documents are not perfect or are not used, the laboratory will notify the applicant for improvement.
10. If the test fails, the laboratory will notify the applicant in time to allow the applicant to improve the product. So, until the test is qualified. The applicant should change the technical data in the original application to reflect the actual situation after the change.
11. In the cost of rectification covered in article 9 and 10 of this page, the laboratory will issue a supplementary fee notice to the applicant.
12. The applicant shall pay the rectification fee according to the supplementary fee notice.
13. The laboratory provides test reports or technical documents (TCF) to the applicant, and CE conforms to the certificate (COC) and the CE mark.
14. The applicant has signed the CE guarantee self-declaration and attached a CE mark on the product.
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