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there are 21 european “new approach” directives against which a wide swoop and range of merchandise are required to be ce marked against before they are “placed on the market” in europe. When placing the ce mark on the product the manufacturer or “his authorised representative in the european union” is announce publicly or officially that the product complies with all relevant directives. The list of 21 relevant directives can be found on the european commission web-site. The eu directives are not themselves law as they are all taken into the the law of each fellow member state. Whilst the directive and standards can be harmonised throughout europe producers hushed and still need to be conscious of country personal and particular requirements in shelter and safety standards, allowed frequency bands and other areas that may affect their product.

some directives requirements are more onerous than others, but a ordinary counselor and guide is that a manufacturer must

• identify all directives relevant to their product




• assess their product against the requirements of a directive – ordinarily through a arrangement and combination of technical argument and testing. Testing can be exercised in house by the manufacturer or by 3rd party specialist test laboratories




• create a technical file containing full dates and details of the product and all assessments carried out to demonstrate compliance. This technical file becomes a living document and needs to be held up-to-date as changes happen to the product or to the standards against which the product was assessed




• depending on the directive there’s an optional or mandatory requirement to have the technical file assessed by a notified body




• draw up and sign a declaration of conformity and affix ce mark to the product and/or packaging