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Path: Sourcing News & = Advice=20 >> Import from=20 China Advice >> Official CE logo and = fake=20 laboratory CE certificate
by Asia Quality Focus team
The CE logo of the European Union is often modified, rumors = even say=20 that there are two similar logos, one means =E2=80=9CChina = Export=E2=80=9D. In addition some=20 =E2=80=9Csmart=E2=80=9D labs are experts in offering = =E2=80=9Cspecial=E2=80=9D CE certifications. Let=E2=80=99s find out=20 how to differentiate a real and fake CE logo, as well as a testimonial = about the=20 sad reality of fake laboratory CE certificate.
The CE marking means =E2=80=9CConformit=C3=A9 = Europ=C3=A9enne=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9CEuropean Conformity=E2=80=9D. It=20 states that the product meets EU safety, health and environmental = protection=20 requirements. In the European Commission website, all buyers can get = information=20 on how the process of affixing the CE marking on a product works.
To recognize the CE logo of the European union, we should carefully = look=20 at:
The rumor saying there = are two=20 CE logos, one for the European Union and one for =E2=80=9CChina = Export=E2=80=9D is wrong. Only=20 one CE logo exists.
A recent testimonial surprised the AQF team and confirmed some = fraudulent=20 methods employed by local Chinese laboratories. During an interview with = the=20 technical lab director of a renown accredited Chinese laboratory used by = many=20 factories, he confirmed the existance of a real business around the fake = laboratory CE certificate:
=E2=80=9CIt is a 100% Chinese company, no bonus, and not a serious = work: we do=20 almost only fake CE certificates. When factories ask for CE certificates = for=20 some electrical appliances, the lab provides them without even seeing = the=20 sample! A report is made without any pictures but with all references = related to=20 the product to make it look real. Of course the price is much lower than = with=20 famous lab=E2=80=A6 this type of CE certificates usually cost 9000 rmb = or 12000 RMB but=20 we sell for 3000 RMB.=E2=80=9D
And you: how do you = recognize the=20 official CE logo of the European Union? Have you ever seen fake = laboratory CE=20 certificate?
Read the original article here.
The=20 Asia = Quality Focus=20 team is an international team of specialists in product inspections, = factory=20 audits, lab testing and product certifications for all kinds of consumer = goods.=20 To share experience and opinions in how to better and safer source in = Asia they=20 created the Quality = Control=20 Blog. Feel free to contact them here.= SPAN>
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