# VDE Mark — Certification marks and hazardous-area classifications: cross-market equivalences

For VDE Mark, market / system is Germany; meaning is indicates conformity with the VDE standards, European or internationally harmonized standards and confirms compliance with protective requirements of the applicable EC Directive(s); administered by is VDE Testing and Certification Institute, verified against its source on 2026-08-11.

- **Designation:** VDE Mark _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Market / system:** Germany _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Meaning:** indicates conformity with the VDE standards, European or internationally harmonized standards and confirms compliance with protective requirements of the applicable EC Directive(s) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Administered by:** VDE Testing and Certification Institute _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> VDE Mark - Germany The <https://www.vde.com/en> VDE Testing and Certification Institute is another German-based independent testing organization for electric and electronic products. The VDE Mark indicates conformity with the VDE standards, European or internationally harmonized standards and confirms compliance with protective requirements of the applicable EC Directive(s).

## Source

- https://www.belfuse.com/resource-library/tech-paper/power-supply-safety-standards-agencies-and-marks

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/).