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  • 1.  Expired CE mark

    This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous
    Posted 01-Nov-2019 11:32
    This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous

    I am doing a sanity check here - I recently joined a new company, and they had shipped several devices into the EU in 2017.  The CE mark expired at the end of 2017.  The devices are in a warehouse, and they tell me they are "entered into commerce".  Except there was a unit placed last week, and a sale posted in our accounting system.  It was sold to a hospital.  I am being told that this is fine, as it was already in the EU.  Well, the CE mark expired, and it wasn't placed into a site/sold, therefore was not placed into commerce. What's your opinion...


  • 2.  RE: Expired CE mark

    Posted 01-Nov-2019 12:23
    Did you post twice, or do we have two anonymous members with the same problem today?

    Please look at the Blue Guide: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/content/%E2%80%98blue-guide%E2%80%99-implementation-eu-product-rules-0_en

    It gives good explanations of the particular EU meanings of "placing on the market" ​and "putting into service".

    For example, one point that could be relevant here:  "Placing a product on the market requires an offer or an agreement (written or verbal) between two or more legal or natural persons for the transfer of ownership, possession or any other property right concerning the product in question after the stage of manufacture has taken place."

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