CE Marking Testing and Certification

CE Marking And certification solutions

CE stands for Conformité Européenne, which translates from French to English as 'European Conformity'. CE certification is an EU safety directive that indicates that a product has passed certain tests and means that a product can legally be sold anywhere within the EU and the European Economic Area.

While for some products, CE marking can be carried out by the manufacturer themselves, other products must be tested by a company that offers CE marking services.

CE certification and marking assures your product can enter the European Union and allows free movement throughout the nearly 30 countries that make up the European Economic Area, giving you direct access to over 500 million consumers. If a product that should display a CE mark is found not to have one, the manufacturer or distributor could be fined and face expensive product recall – so compliance is essential.

CE Marking directives

TÜV SÜD is an EU Notified Body authorized to evaluate product compliance within the requirements of most EU Directives and Regulations. Our testing services span the complete range of requirements for product acceptance in the EU, against the essential requirements of the Directives. Receive CE certification and marking services tailored to your product. We can assist you with compliance for the following CE Marking directives:

• Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive (90/385/EEC)
• ATEX Directive (2014/34/EU)
• EMC Directive (2014/30/EU)
• In-Vitro Diagnostic Directive (98/79/EC)
• Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU) 
• Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC)
• Medical Device Directive (93/42/EEC)
• Marine Equipment Directive (MED)
• Outdoor Noise Directive (2000/14/EC)
• Pressure Equipment Directive (2014/68/EU)
• Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU)
• RoHS 2 Directive
• Toy Safety Directive (2009/48/EC)
• Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive (2010/35/EU)
• WEEE II Directive (2012/19/EC)

CE Marking in 5 Steps:

1. Decide which Directives are applicable to your product
2. Ensure your product is compliant with the applicable Directives by testing, and apply the relevant conformity assessment procedures
3. Compile and retain a technical file, which satisfies the requirements of the Directives
4. Write and sign the Declaration of Conformity and keep the original with the technical file
5. Apply CE marking to the equipment in accordance with the requirements of the Directive

UKCA Marking Scheme (Brexit)

Learn more about the requirements for UKCA marking, Statutory Instruments and the deadlines involved. UKCA can be used to replace the CE Marking requirements at the end of the European Union exit transition period which is scheduled to occur December 31, 2020.