Common questions while applying Inspection Certificate of Dangerous Package,
CE,

▍What is CE Certification?

The CE mark is a “passport” for products to enter the EU market and the EU Free Trade Association countries market. Any stipulated products (involved in the new method directive), whether manufactured outside the EU or in EU member states, in order to circulate freely in the EU market, they must be in compliance with the requirements of the directive and relevant harmonized standards before being placed on the EU market , and affix the CE mark. This is a mandatory requirement of EU law on related products, which provides a unified minimum technical standard for the trade of products of various countries in the European market and simplifies trade procedures.

▍What is CE directive?

The directive is a legislative document established by the European Community Council and the European Commission under authorization of the European Community Treaty. The applicable directives for batteries are:

2006/66 / EC & 2013/56 / EU: Battery Directive. Batteries that comply with this directive must have a trash can mark;

2014/30 / EU: Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (EMC Directive). Batteries that comply with this directive must have the CE mark;

2011/65 / EU: ROHS directive. Batteries that comply with this directive must have the CE mark;

Tips: Only when a product complies with all CE directives (the CE mark needs to be pasted), can the CE mark be pasted when all the requirements of the directive are met.

▍The Necessity of Applying for CE Certification

Any product from different countries that wants to enter the EU and the European Free Trade Zone must apply for CE-certified and CE marked on the product. Therefore, CE certification is a passport for products entering EU and the European Free Trade Zone.

▍Benefits of Applying for CE certification

1. EU laws, regulations, and coordinate standards are not only large in quantity, but also complex in content. Therefore, obtaining the CE certification is a very smart choice to save time and effort as well as to reduce the risk;

2. A CE certificate can help earning the trust of consumers and market supervision institution to a maximum extent;

3. It can effectively prevent the irresponsible allegations situation;

4. In the face of litigation, the CE certification will become legally valid technical evidence;

5. Once punished by EU countries, the certification body will jointly bear the risks with the enterprise, thus reducing the risk of the enterprise.

▍Why MCM?

● MCM has a technical team with up to more than 20 professionals engaged in the field of battery CE certification, which provide clients with faster and more accurate and latest CE certification information;

● MCM provides various CE solutions including LVD, EMC, battery directives, etc. for clients;

● MCM has provided more than 4000 battery CE tests worldwide till today.

When applying certificate of hazard classification and identification for chemicals ( HCI report for short),only UN38.3 report only with CNAS logo is not accepted;
Solution: now HCI report can be issued by not only customs internal technical centre orlaboratory, but also some qualified inspection agents. The recognized requirements of each agents to UN38.3 report are different. Even for customs internal technical centre orlaboratory from different places, their requirements are different. Therefore, it is operativeto change the inspection agents that issue HCI report.
When applying HCI report, the UN38.3 report provided is not the newest version;Suggestion: Confirm with inspection agents that issues HCI report the recognized UN38.3 version in advance and then provide report based on required UN38.3 version.
Is there any requirement on HCI report while applying Inspection Certificate of Dangerous Package?The requirements of local customs are different. Some customs may only request the report with CNAS stamp, while some may only recognize the reports from in-system laboratory and few institutions outside the system. Warm notice: above content is sorted out by the editor based on relevant documents and working experience, only for reference.