The CE marking stands for 'Conformité Européenne', which is French for 'European Conformity'.
It is a symbol showing conformity of the product with the applicable community requirements, mainly about safety, public health and consumer protection, imposed on the manufacturers. It affixed to products is a declaration by the person responsible that:
1. Product conforms to all applicable Community provisions
2. Appropriate conformity assessment procedures have been completed.
CE marking is “mandatory” for certain categories of products covered by one or more of the so-called European ‘New Approach Directives’. It must be affixed before any product subject to it is placed on the EU market and put into service. The marking indicates that products are presumed to conform to the provisions of all these directives. A product may not be CE marked, unless it is covered by a directive providing for its affixing.
The CE marking must be affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly to the product or to its data plate. Where a notified body is involved in the production control phase according to the applicable directives, its identification number must follow the CE marking.
Useful links
For more information about CE marking
Find out list of Directives& Standards and product categories that requires CE Marking
How to affix the CE Marking/ information containing in the Declaration of Conformity
Find out list of Notified Bodies (by Directives) which has been designated to carry out conformity assessment according to a Directive.
Notified Bodies
The Member States, EFTA countries (EEA members) and other countries with which the EC has concluded mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) and Protocols to the Europe Agreements on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (PECAs) have designated lists of notified bodies, established per Directive. The lists include the identification number of each notified body as well as the tasks for which it has been notified.
There is now a database to enable users to find the European Notified Bodies as well as third country bodies designated under formal agreements [Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs), Protocols to the Europe Agreements on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (PECAs) and European Economic Area (EEA)] as responsible for carrying out the conformity assessment procedures referred to in the applicable New Approach directives. It is called the NANDO Information System
