W H I CH P RODUCT S T H AT NEED CE M A RK ING CERTIFICATION?

WHICH EQUIPMENT PRODUCTS THAT

NEED CE MARKING CERTIFICATION?

Not all products sold in the European Union need to

bear CE marking.

CE marking is only mandatory for those products

which fall under the scope of one or more of the
European Commission New Approach Directives
WHAT PRODUCTS NEED A CE MARKING?

CE marking applies to products, ranging from

electrical equipment to toys and from civil explosives
to medical devices.

Such products fall under one or more Directives which

determine the specific requirements that the product
must meet to be CE marked.The full list of these
product categories is below:
The CE marking is required only for products for which a CE
marking directive or regulation has been adopted. There are
directives regulations for the following types of products
please note that one or more directive regulation can apply
to a single product:

• Number 1. Active implantable medical devices

• Number 2. Appliances burning gaseous fuels
• Number 3. Cableway installations designed to carry persons
• Number 4. Eco-design of energy related products
• Number 5. Electromagnetic compatibility
• Number 6. Equipment and protective systems intended for
use in potentially explosive atmospheres
• Number 7. Explosives for civil uses
• Number 8. Hot-water boilers
• Number 9. Household refrigerators and freezers
• Number 10. In vitro diagnostic medical devices
• Number 11. Lifts
• Number 12. Low voltage machinery
• Number 13. Measuring instruments
• Number 14. Medical devices
• Number 15. Noise emission in the environment
• Number 16. Non-automatic weighing instruments
• Number 17. Personal protective equipment
• Number 18. Pressure equipment
• Number 19. Pyrotechnics
• Number 20. Radio and telecommunications terminal
equipment
• Number 21. Recreational craft
• Number 22. Safety of toys
• Number 23. Simple pressure vessels
CE MARKING IS NOT REQUIRED FOR ITEMS
SUCH AS:

1. Chemicals
2. Pharmaceuticals
3. Cosmetics and foodstuffs
Before placing the CE marking on your product, you must
meet certain legal requirements - see how to place a CE
marking on a product.

Products that are not covered by the European CE marking

directives may fall within the scope of other European or
national legislation. If there is no specific legislation, the
General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC may apply. This
European Directives requires that products are safe, but is
does not require any marking.
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