Compliance is necessary for receiving the CE mark
Producers have to ensure that their products are compliant with the Ecodesign Directive as well as with further EU Directives they have to apply. Only then they are able to affix a CE mark on their products. The CE mark is a prerequisite for selling products within the EU. The following steps are necessary in order to be compliant.
Steps towards Ecodesign compliance
Conformity assessment
Declaration of conformity (according to the relevant implementing measure)
Affixation of the CE mark