George said:
>In the ideal world, there will be one global mark to indicate that the
>product meets all safety, health, EMC, environmental, and other applicable
>standards. The CE mark is virtually this ideal mark, but is only accepted
>within the 15 member states of the European Union and a few other countries.
The CE Mark is not accepted outside Europe as a guarantee of compliance, nor
indeed in Europe is it fully accepted as such, althoutgh that was the intention.
Because there is no mandatory third party involvement, unscrupulous companies
and especially importers can apply the CE mark even when it is not supported by
any evidence. That's why there is currently some pressure for a third-party
approval mark. Trouble is, today you need dozens of these - UL, IRAM, VDE, TUV,
GS, FI, Chinese marks, etc......
Roger
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