Article ID: CBB954430091

CE Marking, Business, and European Market Integration (Spring 2022)

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Many products—from consumer electronics to children's toys—bear the CE mark, the symbol of conformity to the “essential requirements” of European standards. This article traces the development of CE marking from its origins in the European Community's (EC) efforts to relaunch the Single European Market in the mid-1980s to its full implementation in the mid-1990s across the European Economic Area (EEA). It focuses in particular on the reforms made to the “New Approach to Technical Harmonization” and the “Global Approach to Testing and Certification” and examines the ways business groups responded to the creation of common systems for assessing conformité européenne. This history offers an expansive view of regional market integration and a new perspective on the dynamic between companies and regulators in the European business environment.

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Article Yates, JoAnne; Murphy, Craig N. (Spring 2022) Introduction: Standards and the Global Economy. Business History Review (pp. 3-15). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sawyer, Laura Phillips
Colleen Lanier-Christensen
Fujioka, Rika
Shanahan, Martin
Balleisen, Edward J.
Donzé, Pierre-Yves
Concepts
Regulation
Business history
Standards and standardization
Trade
Business and commerce
Public policy
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
United States
Europe
European Union
United Kingdom
Belarus
Eastern Europe
Institutions
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Chicago School of Economics
United States. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)
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