Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Legal Principles of the CE Mark and the Machinery Directive

The obligation to affix CE marking extends to all products which fall under the scope of directives providing for such marking and which are destined for the single market. CE marking should therefore be affixed to the following products that fall under the scope of a directive:

• All new products, irrespective of whether they were manufactured in member states or third-party  countries
• Used products imported from third-party countries and second hand products
• Products that have been substantially modified and fall under the scope of the directives as new products.

The directives may exclude certain products from CE marking.

The manufacturer uses the declaration of conformity to confirm that his product meets the requirements of the relevant directive(s).

The information that follows is intended to explain CE marking in terms of the Machinery Directive.

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