Strictly speaking, customs are not the enforcing authority for CE marking and should not be looking for anything, although they may act as a first line filter in some member states. The enforcing authorities in the UK, for example, are a range of government agencies including Trading Standards, Radiocommunications Agency, and Health and Safety Executive depending on which Directive is involved. It is technically feasible to import unmarked goods and for the importer to apply the marking and issue the D of C. The responsibility is that of the person placing the goods on the EU market. However, applying the marking to the shipping cartons may reduce the instances of customs opening the cartons to inspect the goods, which in turn may speed up import processing. You could also include a copy of the D of C with the shipping documentation, which might serve the same purpose. In general, I have often seen CE marked cartons in the consumer market, but less often in the industrial/commercial market. Hope this helps and clarifies.
Best regards, Neil R. Barker C.Eng. MIEE MIEEE MSEE Manager Compliance Engineering e2v technologies ltd 106 Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford Essex CM1 2QU UK Tel: +44 (0)1245 453616 Fax: +44 (0)1245 453410 e-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.e2vtechnologies.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 20 November 2003 13:46 To: [email protected] Subject: CE Marking of Shipping Cartons There are some in my company that believe the shipping cartons containing our products should be CE marked to simplify customs processing especially with the addition of the new member states in May 2004. Others feel that the marking provides no added value to the customs processing procedure. So, the question is what are the customs officials looking for in the way of CE conformity and what process will best supply that information. In particular, is there any value added in CE marking the shipping cartons? Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics Tyco International This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
