Compliance Gate Platform: CE Marking Use Case

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This page explains how you can use the Compliance Gate Platform during several key steps of the CE marking process. This is relevant to toys, electronics, batteries, machinery, PPE and other products.

Process

Step 1: Identify relevant CE marking regulations and directives

The first step is to create a requirements list that helps you identify relevant directives and regulations.

  • Select the EU as the market
  • Select relevant product and component modules
  • Select specifications (i.e., input voltage)
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Step 2: Project Management

Use the project module to break down several key steps of the CE marking process into actionable tasks.

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Step 3: Create CE marking labels

The platform includes access to templates that serve as a starting point for your product and packaging labels.

  • Product labels
  • Packaging labels
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Step 4: Create mandatory CE marking documentation

The platform includes access to a library of document templates relevant to CE marking

  • EU Declaration of Conformity (CE)
  • EU Technical documentation (CE)
  • EU Instructions (CE)
See templates list

Step 5: Book Lab Testing

Product testing is often required to verify compliance with harmonised standards, which are the basis for CE-marked products.

  • Book testing in the EU or Asia
  • Request free quotations
  • Compare prices
  • Dedicated lab contact person
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Other features

LexDatabase – Track new and updated CE marking regulations/directives

CE marking regulations and directives are frequently updated. With the LexDatabase, you can stay informed as requirements change for your products.

  • Track upcoming regulations
  • Track updates in the last 90 days
  • We send email alerts
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Support Tickets – Ask questions about CE marking

Our team has years of hands-on experience with the CE marking process for various products.

  • Ask questions about the CE marking process
  • Ask up to 5 questions per support ticket
  • We normally respond in 1 to 2 business days
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Note: The Compliance Gate Platform is continuously updated. Note that the video and the images may not fully reflect the current version of the platform.

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FAQ

How can the Compliance Gate Platform help us with CE marking?

The Compliance Gate Platform can help you manage the CE marking process in the following ways:

1. Identify relevant EU regulations and directives that require CE marking

2. Create label files using the templates

3. Create documents required when CE-marking products

4. Book lab testing

5. Stay informed when CE marking regulations and directives are amended (i.e., when a new consolidated version is published).

Plus, our support team has years of hands-on experience working with CE marking of toys, electronics, PPE and other product categories. This means that we can do more than merely navigate what is written in legislation. We have dealt with the entire process, involving factories, testing companies and even market surveillance authorities.

This does not guarantee that we can solve all problems or answer all questions related to CE marking, but we do have a lot of practical experience that you can benefit from.

Why do I need to care about updated CE marking regulations and directives?

CE marking regulations and directives are frequently amended. This can, in turn, result in entirely new requirements becoming applicable to your products.

For example, an amendment to the Radio Equipment Directive introduced new labelling requirements concerning chargers. The LexDatabase allows you to track new versions of CE marking regulations and directives.

Why do I need to care about new CE marking regulations and directives?

Old regulations and directives are replaced from time to time. For example, the Toy Safety Directive will be replaced by the new Toy Safety Regulation in 2030. This will result in entirely new requirements for toys, including the Digital Product Passport.

We track new regulations and add these to the LexDatabase, where you can view upcoming CE marking regulations and directives.

Why should I use the platform instead of doing this by myself?

The Compliance Gate Platform is based on information from EUR Lex and official EU guidance pages. As such, it is entirely based on publicly available information that you can access free of charge.

The difference, however, is that the Compliance Gate Platform provides a pathway to mapping out requirements, creating documentation and label files that don’t require you to read through dense legislation texts on EUR Lex.

Does the platform cover the entire CE marking process?

No, there are important aspects of the CE marking process that the Compliance Gate Platform cannot handle. For example, a product can only be CE marked if it meets certain technical requirements concerning product safety and other aspects.

In practice, making a product “CE marking ready” often means that you must adjust the product’s design and functionality to conform with applicable harmonised standards.

This belongs in the realm of product development and engineering, which is beyond the scope of the Compliance Gate Platform. That said, the platform can help you streamline many of the administrative steps of the CE marking process.

Does the platform provide access to harmonised standards for CE marking?

No, the Compliance Gate Platform does not provide access to harmonised standards. That said, you can access the portals where you can search harmonised standards from within the platform. We do not sell or provide access to standards.