CE marking is essentially a ‘passport’ that allows goods to pass freely throughout Europe without manufacturers having to carryout further testing or certification in order to prove that their products meet the legal requirements in each member state.
In order to affix the CE marking to a product, the manufacturer has to perform certain tasks, defined in the ‘harmonised’ Euro standard (hEN) or European Technical Approval (ETA).
Some of the tasks must be performed by a Notified Body (NB). NBs are either certification bodies (such as TRADA Technology's sister company BM TRADA Certification) or testing laboratories (such as TRADA Technology's sister company Chiltern International Fire). BM TRADA and Chiltern Fire are both fully Notified Bodies.
Only a few hENs and ETAs have been completed so far, which is why so few construction products on the market currently carry CE marking. As more and more hENs and ETAs start to appear, CE marking will become more commonplace.
As the standards governing CE marking come into force, we will be pleased to discuss how they apply to your products.
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