What is the general validity period of CE certification? Is CE certification always valid?

What is the general validity period of CE certification? Is CE certification always valid? CE certification itself has no validity period. As long as there are no new standards for CE, and the manufacturer, supplier, and manufacturing process of the product have not changed, then the CE certification is always valid. However, if there are revisions, upgrades, updates, etc. to the standards or instructions implemented, the product may need to be re evaluated, differential testing added, or even re applied according to the situation. So the validity period of CE certification is determined based on the above situation, and there is basically no fixed validity period. However, general companies require a validity period of five years for CE certification.

The "CE" mark is a safety certification mark that is considered a passport for manufacturers to open and enter the European market. CE stands for Unification of Europe. All products with the "CE" mark can be sold in various member states of the European Union without meeting the requirements of each member state, thus achieving free circulation of goods within the EU member states.

In the EU market, the "CE" mark is a mandatory certification mark. Whether it is a product produced by internal enterprises in the EU or products produced by other countries, in order to circulate freely in the EU market, it is necessary to add the "CE" mark to indicate that the product meets the basic requirements of the EU's "New Methods for Technical Coordination and Standardization" directive. This is a mandatory requirement for products under EU law.

CE certification is the "main requirement" that constitutes the core of the European Directive, which is limited to basic safety requirements for products that do not endanger human, animal, and goods safety, rather than general quality requirements. The Coordinated Directive only specifies the main requirements, and the General Directive requirements are standard tasks. Therefore, the accurate meaning is that the CE mark is a safety conformity mark rather than a quality conformity mark.