The creation of a single market within the European Union, in which goods, people and services could circulate freely, required the creation of a new and shared infrastructure of technical regulation and standardization. The New Approach Directives, which gradually entered into force from 1987, represent a fundamental tool of this new infrastructure.
Among the New Approach Directives, we mention Directive 2006/42/EC relating to machinery, Directive 2014/35/EU relating to electrical equipment operating at low voltage, Directive 2014/30/EU relating to electromagnetic compatibility and Directive 2014/68/UE relating to pressure equipment (PED).
The CE marking is the formal act (mandatory for placing on the market) with which the Manufacturer declares that he has complied with the Safety requirements of the relevant Directives for the machine or product of interest.
If you intend to place a product or a machine on the Italian / EU market, then you belong to one of these 4 types of economic operator:
01 MANUFACTURER
Any natural or legal person who manufactures the product and markets that product under his name or trademark.
02 AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks.
03 IMPORTER
any natural or legal person established within the Union who places the product from a third country on the Union market.
04 DISTRIBUTOR
Any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes the product available on the market.
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