CE marking
For CE marking, market / system is EU; mandatory / voluntary is compulsory for most products covered by the New Approach Directives, verified against its source on 2026-08-11.
- Designation
- CE marking verified
- Market / system
- EU verified
- Mandatory / voluntary
- compulsory for most products covered by the New Approach Directives verified
- Meaning
- CE marking is not a third-party approval. It is a manufacturer's self-declaration of conformity with applicable EU law per blog.promise.legal
What the source says
Do all products sold in EU require CE marking? No. CE marking is compulsory for most products covered by the New Approach Directives. Products not covered under a New Approach Directive do not require CE marking. It is illegal to place a CE mark on a product that is not covered by a directive.
— nist.gov, retrieved 2026-08-11
What blog.promise.legal says
CE marking is not a third-party approval. It is a manufacturer's self-declaration of conformity with applicable EU law
— blog.promise.legal, retrieved 2026-08-11
Sources
- nist.govhttps://www.nist.gov/standardsgov/compliance-faqs-ce-marking
- blog.promise.legalhttps://blog.promise.legal/fcc-certification-ce-marking-connected-devices-hardware-startups/