My boss has asked me to find out about the law relating to selling imported new kitchen electrical equipment?

Question

I don't have clue as to who to approach and Yahoo / Google searches don't make it any clearer !!

Where can I find out what is allowed and what "kitemarks" or "CE" marks are required by law ?

Answer 1

The CE mark is a manufacturers/ importers decleration that a product meets the EU directives for safety, health and the environment for it.

The CE mark means that you have made/imported a product which meets EU directives related to it.

For someone who knows what they are doing it won't take a long time to verify the product and identify the required directives, but for someone who doesn't it will take ages. It may be worth getting a safety consultant in for a day just to point you in the right direction.

As far as I know it isn't policed or inspected, like a standards agency would. If something goes wrong though and you are found to be negligent, well then you're in trouble.

Answer 2

Call the chamber of commerce. Generally there are the following important laws in this situation:
- safety of the consumer (so equipment should be tested in some way and probable some test-organisations are recognised some not)
- the EEC law regarding the disposal of electrical equipment. I do not know the details of that.
- Just generally contract law - which comes down to the fact that buyer and seller need to agree on price and product.

Answer 3

Check this out Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994

Answer 4

Hi..
You need to get real RoHS and CE approval certificates from exporter / source . As we don't know country of export , it's difficult to give you further details of where and how to get them tested/ approved and the cost if they ask you to bare etc..
Hope this info could help you.

Answer 5

Maybe your boss should employ someone who does have a clue.