CE Plate requirements

[thames cruiser]

I am wondering if there is anyone here who advise (definitively) on requiremnts for a CE Plate on motor boats. I have a 2001 American sports cruiser, boat new from Ancaster Marine on the south coast. I have all the successive Bill of Sales, and the boat has a CE Plate clearly positioned at the helm. But I don't have a document with the Manufacturers' Directors signatures on it to certify the CE compliance. Is this a legal requirement for resale (because I am getting 'mixed messages' on this!)?...

 

[rafiki_]

If the boat has a CE plate already then AFAIK you are OK. You could also check the BMF website or BIS. BIS is the Government dept with responsibility for CE marking, but you might need many days and a lot of coffee to wade through the website. BMF (Briitsh Marine Federation) are usually pretty helpful.

 

[Tranona]

Suggest you go back to Ancasta and find out who issued the CE plate. Normally if the builder does it the certificate of conformity is bound in as part of the owners handbook. However, it is quite possible that it was certified by an independent body such as CE Proof when it was imported. While it is useful to have it you would not be committing an offence if you sold witout it. It is only the person who first places it on the market (ie Ancasta) who could commit the offence. However, a buyer may well be wary if the only evidence you have is the plate.

 

[thames cruiser]

Guys,
Thanks for both your replies. It was a great help. As it happened, I need not have worried as a quick email enquiry to Four Winns head office in USA resulted in a prompt reply with appropriate signed CE Declaration of Conformity. Job done!
Now all I need to do is sell the boat....