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Posted By Stuart Deans
Can someone tell me who decides if machinery meets requirements for CE marking and where about in the regulations does it specify this?
Thanks for anyone who can help.
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Posted By Jim Walker
The CE mark is applied by the manufacturer which is a declaration that the equipment complies to the relevant directives.
The manufacturer will then use a group of standards to decide how to comply by the directives. As this is essentially self certified and depends largely on the competence and honesty of the manufacturer, the mark (in my opinion) is not worth the paper it's written on. I say this as a equipment safety & standards engineer for a multi-national manufacturer.
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Posted By Gavin Gibson
It could just be a guy in the sales department who has found a cheap way of boosting profits - merely adding a CE mark.
Alternatively it is an in-house assessment and decision that compliance with relevant standards has been achieved.
CE marking is not an alternative to the PUWER requirements, as it does not tell you whether the equipment is suitable for the purposes that you intend.
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Posted By Gavin Gibson
Sorry Stuart, I forget to reference the CE requirements - Reg 10 of PUWER states that "every employer shall ensure that an item of work equipment has been designed and constructed in compliance with any essential requirements, that is to say requirements relating to its design or construction in any of the instruments listed in Schedule 1" of the regs.
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