European Accessibility Act · Article 18
manufacturer · subject kind product · Article 18(1)
The CE marking shall be affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly to the product or to its data plate. Where that is not possible, or not warranted, on account of the nature of the product, it shall be affixed to the packaging and to the accompanying documents.
Article 18(1) on EUR-Lex · as of 2026-08-14 · Directive (EU) 2019/882
manufacturer · subject kind product · Article 18(2)
The CE marking shall be affixed before the product is placed on the market.
How to satisfy it: Before placing on the market, not before shipping. Affixing late is an Article 22 formal non-compliance.
Article 18(2) on EUR-Lex · as of 2026-08-14 · Directive (EU) 2019/882
manufacturer · subject kind product · Article 18(3)
Member States shall build upon existing mechanisms to ensure correct application of the regime governing the CE marking and shall take appropriate action in the event of improper use of that marking.
Article 18(3) on EUR-Lex · as of 2026-08-14 · Directive (EU) 2019/882
No harmonised standard is cited in the Official Journal under this Directive, so the Article 15(1) presumption of conformity is available to nobody. EN 301 549 is harmonised under Directive (EU) 2016/2102, the Web Accessibility Directive, and not under this one. Conformity is demonstrated against Annex I directly.
Every quoted requirement on this page is verbatim Official Journal text. The surrounding guidance is Legalithm’s commentary and is not regulation. This page states the obligation and its legal basis; it is not legal advice, and the corpus has not been reviewed by counsel.
