CE mark is the "pass" for products to enter the market of EU countries and EU free trade association countries. Any regulated product (covered by the new method directive), whether produced outside the EU or in EU Member States, which wants to circulate freely in the EU market, must meet the requirements of the directive and relevant coordination standards before being put on the EU market, and be labeled with CE mark. This is a compulsory requirement of EU law for relevant products, which provides a unified minimum technical standard for the products of all countries to trade in the European market and simplifies the trade procedures.

Countries requiring CE certification are: countries in all European economic regions.

include:

European Union: France, Federal Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, UK, Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Sweden and, Finland, Cyprus, Hungary, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, 25 countries.

EFTA members: Switzerland, Iceland and Norway.

CE mark is required for the following products:

-- electrical products

-- mechanical products

-- toy products

-- Radio and telecommunication terminal equipment

-- refrigeration and freezing equipment

-- personal protection equipment

-- simple pressure vessel

-- hot water boiler

Pressure equipment

-- Civil Explosives

-- pleasure boat

-- construction products

-- in vitro diagnostic medical devices

-- implantable medical devices

-- medical electrical equipment

-- lifting equipment

-- gas equipment

-- non automatic weighing instrument

-- equipment and protection system used in explosive environment