CE Marking

CE marking is where the whole project comes together. It is not a final paperwork exercise but a structured conformity process with a clear beginning and end, drawing directly on the outputs of every preceding stage: the Risk Assessment Report, the safety concepts from the design phase, and the verification and validation evidence. Because one competent partner carries the work from the initial risk assessment through to the Declaration of Conformity, there are no interface gaps or hand-off risks between separate suppliers, and every conformity decision traces back to the evidence behind it.

The process runs under the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC today and is aligned to the Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, mandatory from 20 January 2027, so machinery placed on the market stays compliant across the transition. It follows six defined steps:

1. Identify the applicable legislative framework. We determine which directives and regulations apply to the machinery in scope and assess whether a Notified Body is required.
2. Identify the harmonised standards. We establish the applicable Type A, Type B, and where one exists Type C standards, which provide the presumption of conformity with the applicable Essential Health and Safety Requirements.
3. Carry out the risk assessment. We produce the Risk Assessment Report in accordance with EN ISO 12100, covering hazard identification, risk estimation, evaluation, and risk reduction.
4. Verification and validation. We verify and validate the machine and its documentation against the applicable legislation and harmonised standards, confirming the achieved Performance Level meets or exceeds the required Performance Level (PL ≥ PLr) and evidencing each Essential Health and Safety Requirement.
5. Assess conformity and compile the documentation. We confirm the applicable conformity assessment route and compile the complete Technical Documentation, combining our reports with the documents supplied by the customer.
6. Sign the Declaration of Conformity and affix the CE mark. The Declaration of Conformity and CE mark are issued to the manufacturer for signature and application to the machine, who then retains the Technical Documentation for a minimum of ten years.

Because the documentation is authored and peer-reviewed by CMSE and CECE-qualified engineers and built progressively throughout the project, the result is a complete, audit-ready Technical Documentation set, defensible under market surveillance rather than assembled retrospectively