Fake CE markings: The safest beer I ever drank
This example of a fake CE marking took me by complete surprise. As you remember, we are discussing fake CE markings. And I just posted this example of a fake CE marking. I went out with my wife and daughter to a restaurant on the beach in The Hague. We ordered two beers. And look what we found:No doubt this must be the safest beer I ever drank.
UPDATE: I was mistaken: drinking glasses are required to be CE marked! Drinking glasses like the glass you see on the picture fall within the scope of the Measuring Instruments Directive(2004/22/EC). In Chapter II of Annex MI-008 of the Directive rules are formulated for “capacity serving measures”.
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April 28th, 2009 at 8:56 am
This is the good old “China Export” stamp…remarkably similar with absolutely nothing to do with real CE marking. Strange but true.
May 5th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Eric, well everybody keeps talking about the non-existing Chinese Export mark. Its a fake CE marking, that’s for sure. But not all fake CE markings mean Chinese Export. This is a glass of a Belgium beer producer. It does not come from China.
But yet again, this example shows us that we have to be careful to believe a CE marking without further proof.
June 1st, 2009 at 8:00 am
Hello, Han
It’s Daisy .I am working in Chint ,responsible for product international certification. Chint is one leader electric manufacturer in China. now I am puzzling about our CE markings. Normally I tell our factory if the products pass any European marking approval , then we can bear CE marking on the products wihout doubt . You know we have many many products , and only small partial of products have VDE,KEMA,SEMKO etc. licenses , but nearly all product has CCC OR CQC licenses. For CCC or CQC certification , the conforms standards are GB standards eqv. or idt. IEC standards. So I wonder whether we can bear CE marking on our products when we have CCC or CQC evaluation which the standards is equivalent or idential to IEC standards?
In addition, for CE marking , the min. 5mm height is required , so I wonder if the products are very small and couldn’t meet such diemension requirements, how can we do ? mark on smallest package or …?
Thank you very much for your great help!
Regards
Daisy She
December 9th, 2009 at 5:01 am
I think you are confused, CCC and CQC is just for China.
To apply CE mark to your product you need to follow the relevant European Directive and relevant harmonised standard for the product to satisfy the Essential Health and Safety requirements and only then can you apply the CE Mark and issue a Decalaration of Conformity. If your product falls into self certification that is, If it requires third party approval you need to then use a Notified Body such as British Standards Institution, SGS, BV etc
GB standards in very few cases are equivalent to European EN standards (thus copied) So just because they adhere to GB does not mean they meet EN not sure any Notifed Body in EU would accept a GB report and means of meeting EN.
There is a note that the 5mm CE can be wavied if the product is too small so in those cases the product can have a smaller CE mark.