# CE Marking — Certification marks and hazardous-area classifications: cross-market equivalences

For CE Marking, meaning is a manufacturer’s declaration that a product meets the applicable health, safety, and environmental requirements outlined in the appropriate European product legislation and has undergone the relevant conformity assessment procedure; governing standard / law is Decision 768/2008, verified against its source on 2026-08-11.

- **Designation:** CE Marking _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Meaning:** a manufacturer’s declaration that a product meets the applicable health, safety, and environmental requirements outlined in the appropriate European product legislation and has undergone the relevant conformity assessment procedure _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Governing standard / law:** Decision 768/2008 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Decision 768/2008 – a common framework for the marketing of products , which lays down rules for CE marking. CE Marking on a product is a manufacturer’s declaration that a product meets the applicable health, safety, and environmental requirements outlined in the appropriate European product legislation and has undergone the relevant conformity assessment procedure.

## Source

- https://www.nist.gov/standardsgov/compliance-faqs-ce-marking

Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2027-08-11.
Part of [Certification marks and hazardous-area classifications: cross-market equivalences](https://referencesource.org/certification-standards-equivalence/).