2027 EU Export CE Certification Guidelines

Many foreign trade factories easily fall into traps when exporting to the EU: they cannot distinguish between CE and ce red, and they do not know which tests are mandatory for their products and which are tested on demand. Once a testing item is missed, they will face risks such as EU customs detention, listing removals on cross-border platforms, and overseas customers rejecting orders. JJR LAB has been in the EU electronic and electrical compliance field for many years, providing CE and CE RED wireless directive services. We have our own ISO 17025 laboratory equipped with authoritative CNAS, CMA, and A2LA qualifications.

CE certification (Products without any wireless RF emission functions)

Applicable to: Conventional electronic and electrical appliances without Bluetooth, WiFi, or RF emission modules.

Mainstream Product Categories

1.Conventional LED lighting fixtures, indoor and outdoor lighting sources

2.Power supplies, adapters, chargers, transformers

3.Various small home appliances, control boards, and conventional electronic components

Corresponding Testing Items

1.High-voltage products (within the LVD voltage range): LVD (low voltage directive) Safety Testing + EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Testing + RoHS Hazardous Substances Testing

2.Low-voltage products (below the LVD voltage range): EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Testing + RoHS Hazardous Substances Testing

Simple Rule for LVD Determination: Products with AC 50V–1000V / DC 75V–1500V require an LVD safety assessment. Products below this voltage range are not controlled by the lvd directive and do not require lvd testing.

CE RED Wireless Directive Certification (Products with RF emission functions | EU Mandatory Directive)

Applicable to: Electronic products equipped with Bluetooth, WiFi, 2.4G/5G, RF remote control, and wireless data transmission functions.

Core Reminder: For products with wireless RF emission functions, completing only standard ce testing is considered incomplete compliance and cannot meet EU customs clearance or cross-border platform listing requirements. The RED Directive itself is a mandatory directive under the CE framework; wireless products must simultaneously meet the requirements of RED and other supporting directives.

Mainstream Product Categories

1.Smart WiFi lighting fixtures, Bluetooth lighting fixtures, wireless dimming lighting products

2.Wireless remote controls, RF smart switches

3.Smart home devices, smart gateways

4.Bluetooth modules, various wireless emission electronic products

CE RED Testing Levels (Superimposed on demand according to product attributes)

Mandatory | Required for all wireless products under RED jurisdiction

1.RF Performance Testing: Verify core RF indicators such as emission frequency, output power, and frequency deviation.

2.Spurious Emissions Testing: Control unwanted RF interference to avoid disrupting the normal operation of surrounding radio equipment.

3.Wireless Compatibility Assessment: Ensure stable wireless signals and meet EU radio coexistence standards.

4.RF-Related Safety Compliance Assessment.

Scenario Additional Items | Determined by usage scenarios, tested on demand

1.RF Human Exposure Assessment (SAR): Products intended for handheld or body-worn use, with the antenna within 20cm of the human body, require sar testing. Low-power products with fixed long-distance installation can apply for exemption from this test after a standard-based assessment.

Functional Additional Items | Determined by product functions, tested on demand

1.If the product has networking, data transmission, and smart interaction capabilities, an additional network information security assessment under RED Article 3.3 (en 18031 series) must be conducted.

Compliance Warnings

1.Wireless products that only undergo standard CE (LVD/EMC) testing and lack the full set of basic RED items do not meet EU radio compliance requirements.

2.Handheld/body-worn wireless products that have not completed the SAR human exposure assessment face the risk of non-compliance during customs sampling inspections and platform reviews.

3.Smart networked wireless products lacking the RED Article 3.3 network information security assessment cannot be listed on mainstream EU cross-border platforms.

Any of the above missing items may result in goods being detained and returned by customs, listings being removed, and losses due to order defaults.

About JJR LAB

JJR LAB holds ISO 17025, CNAS, CMA, and A2LA accreditation qualifications. We undertake long-term, bulk EU CE and CE RED compliance projects for lighting fixtures, power supplies, and smart wireless products, continuously tracking EU regulatory updates.

Scope of Undertaken EU CE-Related Directives

1.LVD (Low Voltage Directive)

2.EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive)

3.RoHS (Environmental Protection Directive)

4.RED (Radio Equipment Directive - Core Advantage Project)

Whether it is conventional electronic and electrical appliances or complex smart wireless products, JJR LAB can provide full-compliance EU CE testing.