How do I determine if I need to have my digital electronics product
tested to be sold in Europe?

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Yes you will indeed need testing and certification in order to sell
your electronic products in Europe. The Access Guide website provides
a very good coverage of the answers you require.

?Electronics or electronic components entering the European market are
subject to a number of legislative requirements. Legislation
applicable to electronic components focuses on prohibition and
restriction of certain hazardous substances?


These are just the legislative requirements. Currently, there are also
buyer standards as well.

?EU buyers want more information from producers, for example about the
social conditions at production sites. Although the requirements in
this field do not make part of official legislation and have no legal
basis, it is recommended to take them into account in order to be
competitive. Such market requirements can be related to social aspects
of production, environmental aspects or quality of products and
processes.?

Access Guide is available for free only for registered companies in
developing countries but you can read the introduction here.

?AccessGuide Overview: Legislative and market requirements for  
Electronic equipment and parts thereof?
http://194.247.99.13/accessguide/scan_electronics.asp 


If you are exporting electronics products in the following countries
in Europe you will need a CE Mark.

Austria  
Belgium   
Czech Republic  
Cyprus  
Denmark  
Estonia  
Finland  
France  
Germany  
Greece  
Hungary  
Iceland
Ireland  
Italy
Latvia 
Liechtenstein
Lithuania 
Luxembourg 
Malta 
The Netherlands 
Norway
Poland 
Portugal 
Slovakia 
Slovenia 
Spain 
Sweden 
United Kingdom 

?CE Marking: A Short Introduction?
http://www.cemarking.net/article/articleview/8/1/77/ 


Here is a list of CE-Marking consultants that you can talk to about
obtaining certification.

ACC Global Compliance
http://www.ce-mark-us.com/ 

BSI Management Systems
http://www.bsiamericas.com/MedicalDevicesGateway/index.xalter 

Wellkang Group
http://www.wellkang.com/ce_marking_service.html 

Inter Regs
http://www.interregs.com/services/cemarking.htm 

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
http://www.ul-europe.com/en/solutions/marks/ce.php 

Intertek
http://www.entela.com/cert2.html 

LTG Services
http://www.ltgservices.com/ 

Epsilon
http://www.epsilon-ltd.com/ce_marking.htm 

Here is a list of CE Marking Services in the UK
http://www.applegate.co.uk/elec/pselect/ps_474.htm 


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The brief answer is: No matter what your electronic product is, it
will most likely need certifications before you can even think about
selling it in any EU country. And besides the various EU regulations,
there are still also the national regulations of the individual EU
member countries.
There are thousands of laws and regulations, for every kind of product
you can think of. I can't imagine that any electronic product could
legally escape the necessary certification procedures.

Of course, there may be experts among my colleagues who have detailed
knowledge about this kind of issue.

Good luck!
Scriptor