What is CE certification?（1）

1. What is the CE mark?

In recent years, the CE mark has been used more and more in the products sold in the European Economic Area (European Union, member states of the European Free Trade Association, except Switzerland). Requirements to be expressed in a series of European directives such as environmental protection and consumer protection.

2. What does the letter CE stand for?

In the past, countries in the European Community had different requirements for imported and sold products, and products manufactured according to one country's standards were very likely not to be marketed in other countries. As part of the efforts to eliminate trade barriers, CE came into being. Therefore, CE stands for CONFORMITE EUROPEENNE. In fact, CE is also the abbreviation of the phrase "European Community" in many languages of the European Community. Originally, the English phrase EUROPEAN COMMUNITY was abbreviated as EC. Later, the European Community was COMMUNATE EUROPEIA in French and COMUNITA EUROPEA in Italian. , Portuguese is COMUNIDADE EUROPEIA, Spanish is COMUNIDADE EUROPE, etc., so EC is changed to CE. Of course, CE may also be regarded as CONFORMITY WITH EUROPEAN (DEMAND) (in line with Europe (requirements)).