What are the abbreviations EN and CE and what do they mean? Thank you!

European standard European--EN

http://www.bxkj-standards.org/standards/EN2.htm

CE certification is the EU's mandatory product safety certification, the main points of the following standards:

Name Directive No. Effective date

Simple pressure vessels 87/404/EEC 1 July 1992

Toys 88/378/EEC 1 July 1992

Toys Simple pressure vessels 87/404/EEC July 1, 1992

Toys 88/378/EEC January 1, 1990

Building supplies 89/106/EEC June 27, 1991

Electromagnetic compatibility 89/336/EEC December 31, 1995

Machines 98/37/EEC December 31, 1994

Machines 98/37/EEC December 31, 1994

Compliance with the CE marking is mandatory. /EEC December 31, 1994

Personal Protective Equipment 89/686/EEC July 1, 1995

Non-Automatic Scales 90/384/EEC January 1, 1993

Active Implantable Medical Devices 90/385/EEC December 31, 1994

Gas Appliances 90/ 386/EEC December 31, 1995

Boilers 92/42/EEC January 1, 1998

Explosive Products 93/15/EEC January 1, 2003

General Purpose Medical Devices 93/42/EEC June 15, 1998

Low Voltage Electrical Safety 93/68/EEC January 1, 1997

Equipment for use in blasting environments 9C4/9/E June 30, 2003

Watercraft 94/25/EC June 16, 1998

Lifting equipment 95/16/EC July 1, 1999

Domestic refrigeration appliances 96/57/EC Sept. 3, 1999 6/11/1992/5/1995

Pressure-bearing equipment 97/23/EC 29/5/2002

Communication equipment 98/13/EEC

6/11/1992/5/1995

In-vitro diagnostic medical devices 98/79/EC 7/12/2003

Radio, telecommunication terminal equipment 99/ 5/EC April 8, 2000

Aerial ropeways 2000/9/EC May 3, 2002

Environmental noise equipment 2000/14/EC January 30, 2002

Ballasts for fluorescent lamps 2000/55/EC October 8, 2000