Posted By Mike Draper
Hi Kevin

There is no simple answer as the entire process is risk based. Some products can be self assessed, others require complex assessment involving a third party inspection body. Some products can't be marked, some must be marked and some require additional markings, depending on the relevant directive.

I suggest that you look at the following.

http://www.dti.gov.uk/strd

This provides DTI guidance documents on the UK implementation of all product directives requiring CE marking.

http://europa.eu.int/com...approach/newapproach.htm

This provides EU guidance on the implementation of product directives in an integrated format, which may help you to better understand how it all fits together.

Mike