Conformity assessment procedures of EU’s New Battery Regulation,
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▍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.

The conformity assessment procedure is designed to ensure that manufacturers meet all applicable requirements before placing a product on the EU market, and it is carried out before the product is sold. The main objective of the European Commission is to help ensure that unsafe or non-compliant products do not enter the EU market. According to the requirements of EU Resolution 768/2008/EC, the conformity assessment procedure has a total of 16 modes in 8 modules. Conformity assessment generally includes the design stage and the production stage.
The EU’s New Battery Regulation has three conformity assessment modes, and the applicable assessment mode is selected according to the requirements of product category and the production methods.
1) Batteries that need to meet the material limitations, performance durability, stationary energy storage safety, labeling and other requirements of the EU battery regulation:
Serial production: Mode A – Internal production control or Mode D1 – Quality assurance of the production process
Non-serial production: Mode A – Internal production control or Mode G – Conformity based on unit verification
2) Batteries that need to meet carbon footprint and recycled material requirements:
Serial production: Mode D1 – Quality assurance of the production process
Non-serial production: Mode G – Conformity based on unit verification.