CE marking

Learn in 3 minutes how you can meet the requirements concerning safety, health, and environment
Every day, our customers rely on our service and the quality of our items. Together with our partners, we do everything to meet those expectations. It is therefore important that our items are safe and comply with laws and regulations.
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Learning track
5 min

Learn more about CE markings

Watch the video and read the whitepaper on this page to learn everything about CE markings.

In these modules, we guide you through how you can obtain your CE marking. As a partner of bol, you are likely an importer or distributor, unless you market an item under your own brand – in which case you are legally considered a manufacturer. In the animation below, we focus on the roles of importer and distributor.

After watching this video

  • Do you know which European standards and guidelines your item falls under?
  • Do you know which specific requirements your item must meet?
  • Do you understand which tests your manufacturer or importer must have performed to comply with legal requirements?
  • Do you know how to check if the CE marking and relevant safety warnings are present, and if labels, user instructions, and packaging comply with legal requirements?
  • Are you able to determine whether you need a third party to assess all information?
  • Do you know how to ensure you have all the information readily available?
CE marking
This video is currently only available in Dutch

In this whitepaper, we explain

  • What a declaration of conformity is
  • Which items require a declaration of conformity
  • Why bol requests a declaration of conformity
  • What a declaration of conformity looks like
  • How to assess the declaration of conformity

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