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Safe non-food consumer Products in the EU and China
Safe non-food consumer Products in the EU and China
No. Only those products that fall under the New Approach legislation, which includes electrical products, toys, medical devices and several other product categories.
Examples of products that do not require a CE mark include child care articles, textiles and kitchenware.
The CE mark is an indication by the manufacturer of the product that they have carried out the relevant conformity assessment process and signed a ‘declaration of conformity’ to certify this for the product in question.
The CE mark is not a permit or license and is not awarded or available for purchase. It is simply the manufacturers’ own declaration that his product conforms with all applicable legal requirements and that he has followed the correct processes and procedures to verify this.
The relevant conformity assessment process will occur at the design and production phases of the product cycle and will ensure that the design specification for the product meets the relevant safety requirements under European Law, and then that there are systems in place to ensure that products consistently meet this specification.
The mark itself is a ‘passport’ for the single market, and many product groups cannot be placed on that market without it. It also ensures that products carrying the mark are not subject to further legal checks when moving from one Member State to another.
The CE mark may only be applied to products subject to European harmonization legislation, and the mark should not appear on any other products.
Such legislation provides requirements for safety, environmental impact and performance, and many products fall under more than one piece of legislation and the mark is an indication that it complies with all relevant requirements.
Examples of product groups regulated under harmonized legislation include:
You don’t have to buy CE marks anywhere.
You can print them yourself using the template in regulation 765/2008, Annex II, however, you need to ensure that you meet the relevant criteria before applying a CE mark to a product.
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