What does CE Marking mean for current national standards or voluntary schemes e.g. the kitemark, etc.?
Existing national standards must be withdrawn no later than 12 months after the Date of Applicability of the corresponding hEN. Voluntary Mark schemes can exist but they must be VOLUNTARY and not form part of a mandatory or regulatory requirement. A Voluntary Mark scheme could, for example, raise the Attestation of Conformity from System 3 (i.e. ITT by Notified Body) to System 1+ (i.e. surveillance of factory and product audit by Notified Body). A Voluntary Mark scheme should not be permitted to make any changes to the test requirements of the hEN (e.g. pass/fail criteria, samples size, etc.).
