Are machines with the CE mark certified?

 The CE mark was a good idea in its inception but it has been so much abused that has become practically meaningless for the end user.

CE is not a certification or a quality mark, moreover is not granted by any official body or controlled in any way, distributors or end users have no right whatsoever to demand a CE certificate from the manufacturer, even if his products bear the stamp.

CE is a declaration from the manufacturer stating that the object complies with CE directives and regulations. Really is the equivalent to taking the words of a used car salesman as Gospel truth. 

Tht market is awash with shoddy products of uncertain origin and parentage bearing the CE mark, products that, obviously, do not conform to any regulation whatsoever.

In a resume:the CE mark does not attest or imply any quality or fitness for use of the object bearing the stamp. It only says that the manufacturer decleares that his product is built in accordance with the community directives, under his own responsiblity and without effective control by an official body.