February 12th, 2008
Ce Marking Electronic Products
All electronic products sold within the European Union are required to be CE Marked. However I find that there is a large amount of confusion and misunderstanding, with people struggling to find what is required of their product.
The legal responsibility for compliance with the CE mark remains with the company that either owns the manufacturing rights for the product, or imports it into the EU. It is not possible to “outsource” this legal responsibility to a third party. Test and compliance houses can provide third party validation that a product has been produced and tested against the required standards. Test houses can also advise on the standards against a specific product should be tested, bear in mind that it is ultimately you who has responsibility for compliance so some research and general understanding is advisable.