Hi Jim. You wrote:
<I have been asked to look into the details of private-labelling a stand-alone OEM product on which the OEM places the CE Mark and for which the OEM has issued a Declaration of Conformity. If we have the OEM put our name on this product, but do not issue our own DofC, does the actual manufacturer's name have to appear somewhere on the product or packaging? In other words, does the EU want to be able to trace the actual manufacturer just from looking at the product itself at the user or retail level? Where is this addressed: in the Directives? I have checked 93/68/EEC, 89/336/EEC, and 73/23/EEC and find no requirement that a mfr's name accompany the CE mark on the product.> I've been here. In order to maintain the source of the original equipment confidential, the equipment was bought in with the OEM's certificate and CE mark, but built with our name on the front and on the label. I simply wrote out a new D of C for the equipment, but in the file put a covering document that gives the OEM certificate as justification for us writing a new certificate in our name. The end user sees our name on the CE certificate. The Enforcement Authorities can see the files and the original OEM certificate, and the covering document ties it all together for ISO 9000. It worked for us. Chris Dupres Surrey, UK.
