CE  Marking 

European Technical Approvals and Harmonised Standards

The BBA is designated by Government to represent the UK in the European Organisation for Technical Approvals (EOTA) and to issue European Technical Approvals (ETAs) and can also offer  testing and certification services in support of CE Marking against harmonised European Standards.

ETAs are issued to products for which no mandated and harmonised European Standard has been agreed and, coupled with an appropriate Attestation of Conformity procedure, will allow their manufacturers to affix the CE Marking to them and place them on the market anywhere in the EU.

Most ETAs will be issued on the basis of common methods of assessment agreed by all EOTA members and published as European Technical Approval Guidelines. However ETAs can also be issued on the basis of individual assessments carried out by national approval bodies, such as the BBA, under what is known as the Common Understanding of Assessment Procedures (CUAP).

Increasingly the pan-European systems will supersede the national schemes in many product areas, although this is likely to take several years and Agrément Certificates will continue to provide specifiers, users and building control personnel with information on a wide range of products for which no British or European Standards exist.

CE Marking Application Guide DataSheet

European Technical Approvals DataSheet