E-Mark|European Certification|SIT Testing Lab

Summary

E-Mark is in accordance with EEC Directives and ECE Regulation to meet driving safety and environmental protection requirements. E-Mark certificate number varies with the country which issues certificate.

From October 2002, according to the requirements of EU Directive 72/245 / EEC and the modified Directive 95/54 / EC, any automobile electronic products coming into the EU market need to do E-Mark certification. Then the EU customs will permit.

About E-mark

E-mark derives from regulation issued by Economic Commission of Europe, short for ECE. Now, there are 48 European countries including east Europe, south Europe and non-Europe countries except European Union.ECE regulation is a voluntary standard but not mandatory standard for members. Member states can adopt the ECE regulation, or still utilize the national regulation. From the current market demands, member states of ECE usually will accept the testing report and certificate of ECE regulation.

E-mark certificate is issued by government department of ECE member countries and has corresponding numbers.

E1—Germany	E16—Norway	E32—Latvia	E46—Ukraine
E2—France	E17—Finland	E33—	E47—South Africa
E3—Italy	E18—Denmark	E34—Bulgaria	E48—New Zealand
E4—Finland	E19—Romania	E35—	E49—Cyprus
E5—Sweden	E20—Poland	E36—Lithuania	E50—Malta
E6—Belgium	E21—Portugal	E37—Turkey	E51—Korea
E7—Hungary	E22—Russia	E38—	E52—Malaysia
E8—Czechoslovakia	E23—Greece	E39—Azerbaijan	E53—Thailand
E9—Spain	E25—Croatia	E40—Macedonia	E54—
E10—Yugoslavia	E26—Slovenia	E41—	E55—
E11—UK	E27—Slovakia	E42—ECE	E56—Montenegro
E12—Austria	E28—White Russia	E43—Japan	E56—Tunisia
E13—Luxembourg	E29—Estonia	E44—
E14—Switzerland	E31—Bosnia	E45—Australia

E-mark is a mandatory certification mark released by European Commission for whole vehicles, safe components and systems used in member states according to EU directives. Testing institutions must be the technical service institutions in EU member states. Issuing bodies shall be the traffic departments of EU member states. Products obtain the e Mark Certification are accepted by any EU member states.

Application requirements

1. The manufacturer prepares technical documents and samples.
2. Conduct test
3. Factory inspection is a must for initial application. There is no need to do factory inspection for manufacturer with the qualification of ISO9000.
4. Submit test report and technical documents of manufacturer
5. The traffic departments of EU member countries issue certificate
6. The issued body may regularly or irregularly inspect manufacturer

Type	Car Kit
Authority	Spain Traffic Authority(E13), Luxembourg (E13)
Lead time	3－4weeks
Local testing request	ECE R10.05
Local representative request	No
Document request	User Manual, Bill of Material, schematic circuit diagram, Business Registration, ISO certificate, ID copy of the cooperate president, E-mark Logo, Power of attorney, Conformity Statements（if is necessary ）
Test Samples	2 Pcs
Others	No

Q&A

Q1, what certification is applicable for vehicle-mounted electronic products exported to EU?
A: Currently the vehicle-mounted electronic products exported to EU is divided into two: one is that products is involved with driving security, which must comply with Directive ECE R10.05, namely E-Mark; the other one is that products is not involved with driving security , which both E-Mark and CE is applicable for.

Q2, what product does refer to driving safety? what product does not refer to driving safety?
A: Related to security electronic car accessories include the following products:
A) electronic accessories directly controlling the vehicle (eg: electric glass brush, steering wheel)
B) electronic accessories protecting driver or passenger (eg: airbags)
C) electronic car accessories affecting driver’s judgment (eg: light, burglar alarm, horn, etc.)
D) accessories affecting the vehicle-mounted system bus (eg: car control system)
E) tachometer, odometer
2) include the following products which is irrelative with driving security: DVD player (car DVD, car charger, amplifier), etc.

Q3, what common test items does vehicle-mounted products have?
A: There are electromagnetic radiation, transient emission, transient anti-interference, bulk current injection, free-field radiative tolerance, etc.

Q4, what is the difference between E-mark and CE?
A: E－mark certificate must be issued by the traffic authority of ECE member countries(currently 48), and the certified product can be sell into any member country. CE adopts EMC Directive 2004/104/EC, and the issued body is with the qualification ISO 17025.

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