CE marking
The CE marking is a European regulation that defines a so-called minimum requirement for the EU internal market with regard to the safety of technical products. This means that companies only have to approve their products once for Europe. Individual approvals from national authorities are no longer necessary.
The CE marking is therefore the technical passport for the respective IT or technical product within the European Economic Area, which in turn signals the manufacturer’s product responsibility. With the CE mark, the manufacturer declares that their product complies with all applicable European and harmonized directives. CE products can be, for example Hair dryers, CD players, USB sticks, car radios or telephones.
As these have been implemented in all national laws, a manufacturer is therefore also obliged to guarantee the CE marking for each of its individual products. In principle, the following applies to a product marked with the CE marking:
- The product complies with all EU Community regulations.
- The product has undergone all assessment procedures. These are, for example, the hazard analysis and the risk assessment.
In the latter, for example, the product itself is tested for possible situational hazards (technical faults, faulty design); whereas the hazard analysis is more concerned with possible hazards to humans (personal injury).
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