EU severely cracks down on misuse of CE certification marks
- Time：2018-03-27
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The CE certification mark is a passport for exporting products to EU countries. However, if misuse is abused, it will be subject to heavy penalties. From January 1, 2010, related products will be exported to the EU. If the CE certification mark is misused, it will be heavily affected by the EU. Penalty.
It is understood that in 2008 the European union introduced two regulations 765/2008/EC and 768/2008/EC aimed at strict CE certification mark to ensure product safety. The most prominent focus of the new regulations is to strengthen the market surveillance of CE certification marks. Specific measures include strengthening the responsibility of customs inspection of imported goods by customs ports in the EU; the conformity assessment activities for affixing CE certification mark products are completed by the designated evaluation agency, and the authorization assessment agency informs the EU member states of the procedures, stipulating that each member state only An evaluation agency is set up whose evaluation notice is valid for the entire European region; the responsibility of producers, distributors and importers is defined, and the different modules of the conformity assessment procedure are refined.
In addition to the specific strengthening measures of the above regulations, domestic manufacturers and exporters must focus on interpreting two pieces of information transmitted by the new regulations: First, the new regulations provide a legal basis for member states to impose legal sanctions on misuse of CE certification marks; The European Commission plans to register the CE mark, making it a collective mark, and the form of the mark will become a new tool for market supervision and legal protection by member states. The above information means that the product that does not meet the requirements is affixed with the CE certification mark, or the CE font does not use the circle-shaped letter, the CE mark is less than 5 mm in height and the shape and size error, etc., and the past a large number of misuse and abuse will be affected by the EU. Strict suppression of legal actions by member states. After the implementation of the new regulations, customs procedures, authorization policies and market surveillance methods must be ready by January 1, 2010.
According to the current regulations, industrial products sold in the EU market must be labeled with CE certification, otherwise they may not be listed for sale. Many important EU directives, such as the Toy Directive (88/378/EEC), the Machinery Directive (98/37/EEC), and the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC, 2006/95/EC), require the CE certification mark. . As the most important and basic security line for the EU to prevent the import of substandard products, the CE certification mark will have far-reaching and comprehensive impact on domestic manufacturers, and may form a technical threshold for some products and reduce its exports. market share. In this regard, related companies must raise awareness of the crisis.
To this end, the inspection and quarantine department recommends relevant enterprises: to raise awareness of the crisis, to actively understand the latest EU regulations, policies and trends, especially to pay attention to the understanding of the relevant provisions of the CE certification mark, to prevent abuse of the misuse of the CE mark; The export products are CE certified in time to ensure that the products meet the requirements of the European Union; in the environmental safety awareness and production technology, the traceability is filled, the traceability of raw materials to finished products and the safety and hygiene of the production process are small, and the CE mark on the product label is small. Details such as size and shape must comply with EU CE certification requirements and effectively avoid export risks.
It is understood that in 2008 the European union introduced two regulations 765/2008/EC and 768/2008/EC aimed at strict CE certification mark to ensure product safety. The most prominent focus of the new regulations is to strengthen the market surveillance of CE certification marks. Specific measures include strengthening the responsibility of customs inspection of imported goods by customs ports in the EU; the conformity assessment activities for affixing CE certification mark products are completed by the designated evaluation agency, and the authorization assessment agency informs the EU member states of the procedures, stipulating that each member state only An evaluation agency is set up whose evaluation notice is valid for the entire European region; the responsibility of producers, distributors and importers is defined, and the different modules of the conformity assessment procedure are refined.
In addition to the specific strengthening measures of the above regulations, domestic manufacturers and exporters must focus on interpreting two pieces of information transmitted by the new regulations: First, the new regulations provide a legal basis for member states to impose legal sanctions on misuse of CE certification marks; The European Commission plans to register the CE mark, making it a collective mark, and the form of the mark will become a new tool for market supervision and legal protection by member states. The above information means that the product that does not meet the requirements is affixed with the CE certification mark, or the CE font does not use the circle-shaped letter, the CE mark is less than 5 mm in height and the shape and size error, etc., and the past a large number of misuse and abuse will be affected by the EU. Strict suppression of legal actions by member states. After the implementation of the new regulations, customs procedures, authorization policies and market surveillance methods must be ready by January 1, 2010.
According to the current regulations, industrial products sold in the EU market must be labeled with CE certification, otherwise they may not be listed for sale. Many important EU directives, such as the Toy Directive (88/378/EEC), the Machinery Directive (98/37/EEC), and the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC, 2006/95/EC), require the CE certification mark. . As the most important and basic security line for the EU to prevent the import of substandard products, the CE certification mark will have far-reaching and comprehensive impact on domestic manufacturers, and may form a technical threshold for some products and reduce its exports. market share. In this regard, related companies must raise awareness of the crisis.
To this end, the inspection and quarantine department recommends relevant enterprises: to raise awareness of the crisis, to actively understand the latest EU regulations, policies and trends, especially to pay attention to the understanding of the relevant provisions of the CE certification mark, to prevent abuse of the misuse of the CE mark; The export products are CE certified in time to ensure that the products meet the requirements of the European Union; in the environmental safety awareness and production technology, the traceability is filled, the traceability of raw materials to finished products and the safety and hygiene of the production process are small, and the CE mark on the product label is small. Details such as size and shape must comply with EU CE certification requirements and effectively avoid export risks.
