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- the tBU inspection body performs a continuous surveillance,
assessment and approval of the factory production control (Factory
Control Assessment);
- the TENAX products comply with the published specifications;
- the TENAX products comply with the essential requirements
of the relevant European construction legislations.
According to the European Directive, starting
from October 2002, the products for construction without CE marking
will not be accepted for sales within European market. The European
Union's 'New Approach directives' are mandatory on all member countries
to enact through national legislation. This legislation requires
manufacturers to display CE Marking on their product, packaging
and accompanying literature. Where a new approach directive is in
force, it is (with few exceptions) an offence to place a product
on the market without CE Marking. The manufacturer is legally responsible
for ensuring that the product confirms to the requirements of the
directive and for applying CE Marking.
CE Marking is one important measure that the E.U. has adopted to
establish the single market and faster economic development for
the member states. The objective of the directives is to simplify
the movement of goods into and within the E.U.. This may eventually
lead to the free movement of goods throughout Europe as more and
more European countries are expected to join the E.U.. The European
Commission thus refers to the CE Marking as a "Passport"
which allows products to be freely circulated within the E.U. single
market. Consumers will consider CE Marking on a product as an indication
of conformance to lay down minimum standards, and therefore a minimum
level of quality, which other products may lack. CE Marking is thus
for many consumers a "Symbol of Quality."
CE Marking is the symbol as shown on the bottom of this page. The
letters "CE" are the abbreviation of French phrase "Conformité
Européene" which literature means "European Conformity".
CE Marking on a product is a manufacturer's declaration that the
product complies with the essential requirements of the relevant
European health, safety and environmental protection legislations,
in practice by many of the so-called Product Directives, which contains
the "essential requirements" and/or "performance
levels", and "Harmonized Standards" to which the
products must conform. Harmonized Standards are the technical specifications
(European Standards or Harmonization Documents), which are established
by several European standards agencies. |