In order to harmonize with the European Union directives, the necessary legal infrastructure has been started to be established in order to effectively implement the technical legal regulations to be adopted within the harmonization process, and in this context, in 2001, No. 4703. The Law on the Preparation and Implementation of the Technical Legislation Regarding the Products It was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force in January 2002.

At the same time, based on this law, the following regulations have been prepared to determine the application procedures and principles of the law:

  • Regulation on Conformity Assessment Bodies and Notified Bodies
  • Implementing Regulation on the Attachment and Use of the CE Conformity Mark to the Product
  • Regulation on Market Surveillance and Inspection of Products

These regulations came into force on the same date as the law. Later, the European Union published New Approach Directives were taken into consideration one by one, they were made into legal regulations by the relevant Ministries and each of them was published separately. In this way, the products in this scope produced and offered to the market in our country CE label started to be placed.

There are numerous benefits of putting the CE label on the products, especially for the manufacturers. A few of them can be listed as follows:

  • The CE label allows the products to be freely circulated and marketed in the European Union countries.
  • In a sense, the CE label can be accepted as the passport of the product.
  • Commercially CE-labelled products are freely available in the European Union countries.
  • Manufacturers can market their products at an international level thanks to the CE label.
  • Products covered by the New Approach Directives must have a CE label in order to enter any European Union country.
  • The CE label is an indication of compliance with the New Approach Directives.
  • The CE label indicates the conformity of the products to the European Union legal regulations.
  • The CE label indicates that the product has been produced in accordance with health and safety conditions.
  • The CE label indicates the level at which product quality begins.
  • The CE label is by no means an indication of quality or a guarantee.
  • Products that do not carry the CE label are considered unsafe, unsafe and unhealthy and cannot be put on the market. In this respect, these products can be called poor quality products.
  • Products bearing the CE label cannot be returned in the European Union countries only by citing legal justifications related to norms.

With these benefits, the CE label to be placed on the products creates a serious competitive advantage for the manufacturers and strengthens the company image. On the other hand, since the manufacturing companies will produce in line with the determined criteria, the error rates will decrease, their costs will decrease and their profitability will increase.

If we look at the issue from the opposite angle, the absence of a CE label means that no product included in the 23 product groups included in the New Approach Directives can be exported to European Union countries.

TÜRCERT certification body does not only carry out certification studies, but also provides technical services such as various inspection and test studies. Therefore, if you want to get more information about the CE label and the benefits of the CE label, the experienced managers and employees of the TÜRCERT certification body will always be with you.