European origin

CE is the abbreviation of French and English meaning "European Conformity, the European Community, in fact, CE or European languages ​​in many countries of the" EC "is the abbreviation of the phrase, the original phrase in English EUROPEAN COMMUNITY abbreviated as EC, Later, because the EC is in the French COMMUNATE EUROPEIA, Italian for the COMUNITA EUROPEA, Portuguese is COMUNIDADE EUROPEIA, Spanish COMUNIDADE EUROPE, etc., so change the EC for the CE. of course, may also wish to CE as CONFORMITY WITH EUROPEAN (DEMAND) (in line with European (requirements)), constitute the core of the European directive "major requirements" in the EC May 7, 1985 of (85/C136/01) No. "technical coordination and standards for new methods of resolution" on need for the development and implementation of the directive purpose 'main demands, "has a specific meaning, that is only limited to the products do not endanger humans, animals, and for safety aspects of the basic safety requirements, rather than the general quality requirements, coordination of the main requirements of Directive only provides general instructions to the standard task of the products comply with the relevant directive of the main requirements, you can attach the CE mark, rather than by the quality of the standard provisions of the general determination whether the use of the CE mark, so the exact meaning is: CE mark is a mark of safety approval rather than the quality mark. in the 1940s, Western European countries feel that in the Soviet Union between the two countries to ensure their own safety, improve its international status, to speed up economic development, we must unite, so pushing the process of European integration European integration technology can be divided into five levels: the establishment of a free trade area, customs union, unified market, the Economic and Monetary Union and Political Union.

European Single Market

In 1985, former French Finance Minister Jacques Delors as Commission President begun. In June 2002, in Milan summit, the European Commission formally proposed to be established within the Community "without borders" of a unified market, the real implementation of people, goods, capital, services, free circulation. In 1986 the European Community signed the "European single file," plans to create a single market, the same year Spain and Portugal join the EC. January 1, 1993, the European Common Market was put into operation.

CE certification significance

First, the need for CE certification
CE certification for all countries to trade products in the European market provides a unified technical specifications to simplify trade procedures. Product of any country to enter the European Union, European Free Trade Area must be CE certification, CE mark affixed on the product. CE certification is therefore the product into the European Union and European Free Trade Area countries, the market permits. CE certification that the product has reached the required safety requirements of EU directives; enterprise and a commitment to consumers, increasing consumer trust in the product; CE marked products will be sold in the European market to reduce the risk. These risks include:
● detained by Customs and the investigation of the risks;
● investigation of the market risk oversight bodies;
● been peer risk charges for competitive purposes.

Second, the benefits of certification for CE
● EU laws, regulations and harmonization of standards is not only quantity, but the content is very complex, designated agencies to help achieve the European Union is a not only saving time, effort, and reduces the risk of the wise;
● designated by the EU institutions to obtain the CE certificate, you can maximize access to consumer and market surveillance authorities of the trust;
● effective in preventing irresponsible accusations from happening;
● in the face of litigation, the EU CE certificate by designated agencies, will become legally binding technical evidence;
● Once the punishment has been the EU countries, certification bodies will be shared with business risk, thus reducing the risk of the enterprise.

Third, the procedures for CE certification
● an application by the enterprise;
● certification contract signed by both parties;
● enterprises to provide test samples and technical documentation;
● technical documentation for sample testing and evaluation;
● Certificate of Compliance issued:
● Declaration of conformity issued by companies;
● attached by the company in the CE marking on products.
CE Mark
Free movement of goods is the cornerstone of creating a single market, to achieve free movement of goods mechanism is the CE mark, this mechanism is established between the EU countries to avoid creating new barriers to trade, mutual recognition and coordination on technical standards. The principles are as follows:
- Harmonization of the legal documents (ie the EU Directive) provides the contents of the product is limited to the basic requirements for the product in order to facilitate free movement within the EU;
- EU Harmonized Standards contain the basic requirements;
- EU harmonized standards and other applicable standards is voluntary, the product can choose to apply the EU harmonized standard, you can also apply other technical specifications to meet the Directive's basic requirements;
- Products meet EU harmonized standard course to confirm the instruction to meet the basic requirements.
In order to make instruction in the basic requirements under the product more operational, a series of EU harmonization of standards drawn up, by the Member States responsible for harmonization with national standards. Harmonization of standards and compliance with the spirit of the discussion of mechanisms and instructions to modify the standard mechanism also will be established.
As the requirements of the Directive in all countries must comply with the mandatory requirements, these requirements should be recognized to prevent safety hazards or other hazards of the minimum program, different from the ordinary commercial trade in the technical requirements, and the objective requirements for standardization .
To make the single market principles to be implemented in practice, the EU further provides that the product meets the basic requirements of the Directive provides a reliable assessment methods that people commonly known as the CE certification:
- The introduction of the concept of modular product evaluation, product evaluation by the evaluation program modules, assessment procedures are assessed in accordance with qualified products use the CE mark;
- Introduction of a unified European harmonized standard, quality management system standard (EN ISO 9000 series) and quality assurance standards for rating agencies (EN45000 series);
- The EU level, between the member states recognized rating agencies assess the agency system and the comparison between the mechanisms;
- In the original country their own array of product testing and certification mechanism for the establishment of mutual recognition;
- Simplify the member states, the quality of the field of systems between the industry structure (such as: measurement and calibration systems, testing laboratories, certification and testing organization, recognized organizations) differences;
- The use of mutual recognition agreements, cooperation and other technical assistance projects to promote among member countries, member countries and between countries outside the EU in international trade.
CE mark is intended to provide practice in a practical and flexible way to conformity assessment of products to meet the modern trend of global economic integration, the diversity of industrial production. To meet product development, production, circulation at all stages (such as: design, proofing, production), product evaluation module is divided into technical documentation, the type testing, quality assurance, as well as in practice by the producer or the third party to complete the assessment.
Products in the market and put into service before they must meet all applicable essential requirements of EU directives, select the appropriate product evaluation procedures for product evaluation after passing the mark CE mark. All products are marked CE mark that has met all EU directives, Member States must take positive measures to ensure free flow in the single market, unless there is clear evidence that the product does not meet the applicable instructions in the basic requirements, or This product has not yet been provided for by existing instructions of a significant risk.

Size regulations CE mark

European market since 1990 after the implementation of toy products CE mark, already on the strict implementation of the current trend, but the domestic toy manufacturers in the product or when the CE mark printed on the packaging, not fully in accordance with relevant provisions of the size of production, this will This will be called on domestic manufacturers that the CE mark on toys, trade names, trademarks, imports into the European market and the agent's address must be clear, readable style, pasted or printed on the packaging of toys or other body, if Toy size is too small, or small parts consisting of toy department, the information can be printed on the toy packaging or catalog, the European CE mark for the size of the market, packaged by which the height of the word at least CE 5mm, and CE shall not exceed the total character length of 12mm, CE font width of not less than one fifth.
Thickness of at least height of 1 / 5
(This at least 20 × 1 / 5 = 4mm)
Figure outer radius of 10mm
Around the horizontal column within the outer radius of at least 80% (10 × 0.8 = 8mm)
The picture shows the height of 2 cm of the CE marking example, labeling of the content should include
The text printed in the local market, warnings and precautions. Manufacturers or authorized agents, import business names, trademarks and addresses. Meet the requirements of the CE.
CE Mark applicable to directives
As of December 1997, the EC issued the instruction following the implementation of the CE mark, now applies to products, instruction number, release date, a list of implementation dates, respectively:
Directive Title CE Ref Entry into force
Command Name Code mandatory start date and the date
Electromagnetic Compatibility
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2004/108/EEC 1.1.1992 1.1.1996
Low Voltage Electrical Products
Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EEC 1.1.1995 1.1.1997
Toys
Toys Directive 88/378/EEC 1.1.1990
Simple Pressure-vessels
Simple Pressure Vessels Directive 87/404/EEC 1.7.1992
Construction Products
Construction products 89/106/EEC 27.6.1991
Machines
Machinery Directive 2006/42/EEC 1.1.1993 1.1.1995
Personal Protective Equipment
Personal Protective Equipment Directive 89/686/EEC 1.7.1995
Non-automatic Weighing Machines
Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Directive 90/384/EEC 1.1.1993
Active Implantable Medical Devices
Portable Medical Devices Directive 90/385/EEC 1.1.1993 1.1.1995
Medical Devices-general
General Medical Devices Directive 93/42/EEC 1.1.1995 15.6.1998/4/3
Gas Appliances
Gas appliances directive 90/396/EEC 1.1.1992 1.1.1996
Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive 99/5/EEC 6.11.1992
Boilers
Boilers Directive 92/42/EEC 1.1.1994 1.1.1998
Explosives
Blasting Equipment Directive 93/15/EEC 1.1.1995 1.1.2003
Satellite Earth Station for Telecommunications
Directive 93/97/EEC 1.5.1995 1.5.1997 communications satellite ground station
Lifts
Lifting equipment 95/16/EC 1.1.1998 1.1.2000
Equipment for Use in Explosive Atmospheres
Equipment for explosive gas Directive 94/9/EC 1.3.1996 1.7.2003
Recreational Craft (Boats)
Recreational Craft Directive 94/25/EC 16.6.1996 16.6.1998
Non-simple Pressure Vessels
Non-simple pressure vessels 97/23/EC 1.7.1996 1.1.1999
CE certification process
This process applies to companies looking for third-party laboratory for CE certification process:
1 manufacturer related laboratory (hereinafter referred to as laboratory) made a preliminary oral or written application.
(2) the applicant fill out the CE-marking application, the application form, product manuals and technical documents should be sent to the laboratory (if necessary, require the applicant to provide a prototype).
3 laboratory tests to determine the standards and test items and price.
4 applicants to verify pricing, and relevant technical documents and samples sent to laboratories.
5. The applicant to provide technical documentation.
6 lab fee notice issued to the applicant, the applicant informed the charges required to pay certification costs.
7 laboratory for product testing and review of technical documents.
8 technical documents reviewed include:
a file is complete.
b file according to EC official languages ​​(English, German or French) to write.
9 If the technical documentation has not been provided or use the language laboratory will notify the applicant to improve.
10 If the test failed, the laboratory will notify the applicant, to allow the applicant to improve the product. So until the test pass. Applicants should apply in the original technical information to make changes to reflect the actual situation after the change.
11 page section 9,10 of the costs involved in rectification, the laboratory will notify the applicant to issue additional charges.
12. Notify the applicant required to pay fees under the Supplemental rectification costs.
13 laboratory test reports provided to the applicant or technical documents (TCF), and CE Compliance (COC), and the CE mark.
14 CE to ensure that self declaration signed by the applicant and attached to the CE Marking on the product.

CE certified model

CE certification can be said that the world's most advanced product conformity assessment model, which first introduced the concept of modules, one for the CE Marking of the assessment by the evaluation module and the modules from these assessments form the evaluation process. In general, the evaluation module are the following:
A: self-proclaimed (declared by the producers themselves, and provide key technical information products)
B: Type testing (by the European Notified Body for product fully tested)
C: Notified Body for the production of factory inspection
D: Notified Body for the production and quality management system of factory inspection
E: Notified Body for the quality management system for traders and other intermediaries to review
F: Notified Body for EU imports of bulk product review landing
G: Notified Body for the EU's imports have not been type tested products include a comprehensive review of the test pattern
Different instructions for what modules should do the required assessment process. Such as: Low Voltage Directive (LVD), Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (EMC) can be formed by the A; Gas Appliance Directive (GAD) by the BC, BD, BE or BF composition.
Do the following detailed explanation:
First, the plant self-control and certification of Module A (internal production control)
1, for simple, high-volume, non-hazardous products, only to apply European standards for manufacturers.
2, the factory for qualified self-assessment, self-declaration.
3, technical documents submitted to state institutions than ten years, on this basis, can review and inspection to determine whether the product complies with Directive, producers and even to provide product design, production and assembly process for inspection.
4, no statement of its production process to ensure that products consistently meet the requirements. Module Ab
1, the factory fails to European standards.
2, the testing agency's special parts for the random product testing.
Second, the assessment by the testing agency Module B (EC type assessment)
Plant samples and technical documents to send to the selected testing agency for its review, the test certificate issued by the agency.
Note: Only CE-B is insufficient to constitute use. Module C (with type [sample] line) + B
Factory for Declaration of Conformity (consistent with the certified type), the statement than ten years. Module D (production process quality control) + B:
This model concern the production process and final product control, factory testing agency in accordance with the approved methods (quality system, EN29003) for production, on the basis of this statement in its product line with the Certification Type (Declaration of Conformity). Module E (product quality control) + B
This model is concerned only with the final product control (EN29003), the other with Module D. Module F (product testing) + B
Factory to ensure that its production process to ensure products meet the requirements for declaration of conformity. Recognized testing organization through the entire inspection or spot checks to verify the conformity of the product. Testing issues certificates. ModuleG (one by one test)
Factory statement complies with Directive requirements, submit to the testing agency technical parameters of products, product testing agency to inspect the certificates. Module H (comprehensive quality control) of the model concern the design, production process and final product control (EN29001). Rest with Module D + Module E. Among them, the model F + B, G model risk is particularly high for the product.
CE certification scope
Of January 2007 a total of 27 members, they are:
France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Britain, Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Malta, Cyprus, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria.

CE does not meet the cost

- Products can not legally supply the EU market;
- Put on the market before the product can not be recovered;
- May result in product seizure and (or) fine.
CE mark is available for advertising purposes
CE marking is the official marketing product safety control design, not production for the consumer, nor is it marketing tool and therefore not suitable for advertising. However, in the production of your product catalog, printed in the directory do not forget to legally obtain the CE mark.
Products into the European market, only to do CE certification enough?
We know, CE certification does not involve factory inspection, that certification does not establish a tracking service to the plant, which will cause two problems:
1 When the relevant European standards are revised and updated, the plant still in production by the old standards;
2 factory can not maintain the daily production of the product certification standards.
Therefore, in many cases, the products into Europe will be asked to do the importing country's product certification. Here are some of the more influential, but also our regular contact with European certification body.
SGS: SGS Societe Generale de Surveillance SA is short, translated as "SGS." It was founded in 1887, is the world's largest and oldest non-governmental third parties to engage in product quality control and technical appraisal of the multinational corporations. Headquartered in Geneva, in the world with 251 branches, 256 specialized laboratories and more than 40,000 professional and technical personnel in 142 countries product quality inspection, monitoring and assurance activities. Domestic standards in 1991 and China Development Corporation (General Administration of Quality Supervision subordinate units) set up a joint venture company, SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services Co., Ltd., in China set up 24 branch offices nationwide and employs more than 5,000 people, mainly engaged in testing, testing, certification, and examination of plant protection and other trade-related work.
VDE: (VDE Testing and Certification Institute) is a German certification body, it has more than 450 employees in Germany, more than 1,800 times a year to complete the test, there are nearly 200,000 kinds of products the name of VDE mark (Figure 8). VDE and the State Commodity Inspection Bureau and the China Commodity Inspection Corporation has maintained a good relationship.
KEMA: Headquartered in the Netherlands KEMA Quality Assurance - KEMA REGISTERED QUALITY is a company with more than 70 years of international testing and certification bodies, it's more than 1,500 employees scattered around the world. KEMA cooperation with the CCIB and CCIC an early start. KEMA mark figure IX.
Founded in 1997, Hangzhou, March coordinating center KEMA, KEMA is the six centers, mainly in Zhejiang Province KEMA certification services, certification and annual inspection before the test.
IMQ: (ITALIAN QUALITY MARK INSTITUTE) is an Italian certification body, and with CCIB CCIC has a good working relationship. IMQ mark figure X. LCIE: (LABORATIRE CENTRAL DES INDUSTRIES ELECTRIQUES) is a French, a certification authority, the certification mark is NF, figure XI.
TUV: a German, "Technical Monitoring Association," the abbreviation in Germany is a special legal institution, authorized and commissioned by the Government, for industrial equipment and technology in product safety certification and quality assurance system and environmental system assessment audit. Which, TUV-PS collaboration with CCIC China Corporation, established in the country eight test centers, Hangzhou is one of them. TUV-PS test center is mainly engaged in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province before the certification test and annual inspection, and the corresponding certification.
TUV Rheinland (TUV RHEINLAND) is with the CQC (China Import and Export Commodity Quality Certification Center), to undertake follow-CQC inspection services in Europe. TÜV Rheinland (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang CCIC-cooperation, set up a liaison office TUV Rheinland of Zhejiang, Zhejiang Province on behalf of the Rhine to carry out product certification services. LGA: LANDESGESTERBEANSTAST BAGERN, is more famous in Germany, a certification authority. Others, such as DEMKO, NEMKO, SEMKO, BSI, etc. are also very well-known European institutions (organizations).
CE certificate for the current common are the following: Declaration of conformity / Declaration of compliance "Declaration of Conformity" This certificate is self-declaration, should not be issued by the agency, so you can use the format of EU companies, "Declaration of Conformity "instead. Certificate of conformity / Certificate of compliance "Compliance Certificate" This is the agency issued a certificate of compliance, must be accompanied by test reports and other technical information TCF, while enterprises should also sign the "Declaration of Conformity" EC Attestation of conformity "EU Standard Certificate of Conformity "This is the European Union issued a certificate designated agency, in accordance with EU regulations, only the designated agencies in order to be eligible for EU issued the certificate, even if some well-known in Japan and the United States can not be directly awarded certification bodies such certificate.

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