Having read the LVD, EMC, and TTE Directives, my understanding is yes you have placed the product on the Community Market. I recall no differentiation between products sold in all member states versus just in one state.
If you have a product that is required to meet a specific directive and it is compliant you must mark the product as compliant. This can be done with the CE marking or with separate approval mark for each directive. IE under the LVD you can gain a specific approval from a TUV etc and use their mark as showing compliance to the LVD. Under the EMC directive, again you can use the CE or one of the international EMC marks. Under the TTE directive, it would depend on your product type, but most would require a CE XXX crossed hockey stick. WIth XXX being the number of the notified body that granted approval. Bottom line is that you need to be complaint to the directives and mark your product accordingly. Hope that helps Cynthia E. Pleach Principle Homologation Engineer Digi Internationa email [email protected] treg @ world.std.com 08/04/97 04:17 PM To: treg <treg @ world.std.com> @ SMTP cc: Subject: CE Marking Good Day All: I have a question about CE Marking. If I am a manufacturer in member state of the European Union, and I make a product which I sell exclusively to my customer located in the same member state: Have I placed my product on the "Community Market" ? Or is this transaction only taking place within a "National Market" ? If there are EU Directives applicable to my type of product am I required to place the CE Marking on my products (assuming they are compliant) ? Does anything change if my business is actually owned by a large international company whose headquarters are not in the EU ? My thanks to anyone who can provide some clarification here. Richard Payne Tektronix, Inc. [email protected]
