What the CE mark means
It means the manufacturer declares the product meets the EU requirements that apply to it — for a mains appliance, principally the Low Voltage Directive and the EMC Directive — and has a technical file and a Declaration of Conformity to support that.
For almost all household appliances there is no external body that issues a CE mark. Conformity is declared by the manufacturer on the strength of testing against the harmonised standards, chiefly the EN 60335 series for household safety.
What the declaration says
It is a short document, usually a single page. It identifies the product it covers by its model, names the manufacturer and its address, states that it is issued under the manufacturer's sole responsibility, lists the directives the product conforms to and the harmonised standards applied, and is signed and dated on the manufacturer's behalf.
Ours, for each CE-marked line, names the directives and the harmonised standards applied to that model.
The standards behind it
Every family's declaration cites EN 60335-1, the general part for household safety, and the EMC standards EN 55014-1, EN 55014-2, EN IEC 61000-3-2 and EN 61000-3-3. On top of those it cites the part of EN 60335 for the appliance's own family; the part cited for a given model is the one its test report names.
The parts, family by family, are on the compliance page.
What you receive
CE is what we issue as standard: the EU Declaration of Conformity and the safety and EMC test reports behind it, per model. They travel with the goods and are available before you order.
Anything beyond CE — a national scheme, an inspection certificate, a buyer-specific report — is arranged on request rather than supplied automatically. Tell the export desk what your market or your customer asks for and it is confirmed with your quotation, before you commit to the order.
What the rating label shows
The name and the brand mark, the product name and code, the rated voltage and frequency, the wattage and the CE mark; where the appliance is double-insulated, the class II symbol as well. The electrical figures on it are the ones the appliance was built and tested to, for the market named on the order.
Under your own brand
Where an appliance is sold under your name, the directives treat you as its manufacturer. We supply the declaration and the reports that sit behind it, so that file is yours to hold, complete. OEM and private label has the rest of what changes on a branded order.
If you import into the EU
The declaration is the document a market surveillance authority asks to see. Under the Low Voltage Directive an importer keeps a copy of it for ten years after the appliance is placed on the market, and must be able to make the technical documentation available on request. Keep the declaration and the reports that came with each order together.