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Compliance Engineering provides CE Mark Testing services so your products are certified and approved to sell throughout the European Economic Area (EEA). CE Marking ensures products share health, safety, and environmental standards. CE compliance is mandatory for all electronic products supplied to the EEA. Application of the CE mark signifies compliance with all relevant European Directives.

European regulatory requirements (laws) are called Directives and are developed and implemented by the European Commission. For electronic equipment, requirements will include EMC and Electrical Safety. The European Directives that will generally apply to electronic/electrical products are the EMC Directive 2014/30/EU and the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU.

Generally, compliance with a series of European Harmonized standards or European Norms (ENs) is required to show compliance for each Directive. Compliance with the relevant standards provides confidence that the equipment conforms to the essential requirements. If the equipment meets the requirements of the relevant standards the manufacturer can affix a CE mark to the equipment and generate a Declaration of Conformity (DoC).

Some commonly referenced European Directives for electronic equipment include:

• 2014/35/EU (LVD) Low Voltage Directive
• 2014/30/EU (EMC) Electromagnetic compatibility directive
• 2006/42/EC (MD) Machinery directive
• 93/42/EEC (MDD) Medical devices directive
• 2014/53/EU(RED) radio equipment directive
• 2014/32/EU (MID) Measuring instruments directive
• 2011/65/EU (ROHS) Restriction of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment directive
• 2012/19/EU (WEEE) Waste electrical and electronic equipment directive

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