What is a CE certification?

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 it 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. TÜV SÜD provides companies around the world with CE mark testing and can also create technical documentation that shows your products are compliant.

Why is CE marking Important?

CE 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.

TÜV SÜD is your one-stop shop for becoming CE certified

TÜV SÜD is an EU Notified Body authorised 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.

CE marking services tailored to your product

We can produce CE certification for all kinds of products, from radio equipment to construction products, machinery and much more.

Work with TÜV SÜD for:

• In-depth knowledge of all required tests and the laboratories to perform them
• Long experience of CE marking and changing EU legislation
• Ability to rapidly test products, provide you with CE certification and technical documents
• A one-stop shop for all your product testing and CE certification needs

Find out more about our different CE marking solutions for different categories of product: