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Why bother?
A Potential €5,000 fine or imprisonment should be a good reason why to bother. CE marking will be enforced not by building regulations but by Trading Standards Services. If an enforcement body finds your product does not meet CE marking requirements, they will often provide you with an opportunity to ensure it is correctly marked. If you fail to comply with this, you will be obliged to take your product off the market. You may also be liable for a €5,000 fine or imprisonment. The plastic industry will be complying with the new regulation and if timber window and door manufacturers do not comply sales opportunities and market share will be lost to the plastic industry. Joinery manufacturers should see that the ability to comply with legislation, whether enforced or not, is a key sales tool for joinery manufacturers to compete and sell their products.

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