CE Marking is that the symbol as shown on the highest of this page. The letters “CE” are the abbreviation of French phrase “Conformité Européene” which accurately means “European Conformity”. The term initially used was “EC Mark” and it had been officially replaced by “CE Marking” within the Directive 93/68/EEC in 1993. “CE Marking” is now utilized in all EU official documents.
“CE Mark” is additionally in use, but it's NOT the official term. as an example , within the Directive 2007/47/ec, of 5 September 2007, amending the directives 90/385/eec, 93/42/eec & 98/8/ec, the term CE Marking appears 9 times whereas CE Mark appears nowhere within the entire 35-page document.
CE Marking on a product may be a manufacturer’s declaration that the merchandise complies with the essential requirements of the relevant European health, safety and environmental protection legislation, in practice by many of the so-called Product Directives.*
*Product Directives contains the “essential requirements” and/or “performance levels” and “Harmonized Standards” to which the products must conform. Harmonized Standards are the technical specifications (European Standards or Harmonization Documents) which are established by several European standards agencies (CEN, CENELEC, etc).
CEN stands for European Committee for Standardization.
CENELEC stands for European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization.
CE Marking on a product indicates to governmental officials that the merchandise could also be legally placed on the market in their country.
CE Marking on a product ensures the free movement of the merchandise within the EFTA & European Union (EU) single market (including totally 30 EEA* countries), and
CE Marking on a product permits the withdrawal of the non-conforming products by EEA customs and enforcement/vigilance authorities