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To better clarify the difference between EU certifications issued in the mandatory scope and documents issued on a voluntary basis<\/strong>, we invite you to read the article published in October 2022 on the magazine Mercato e Consumatori<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 a periodical providing information on the activities of the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy<\/em> regarding market protection and consumer policies.<\/p>\n\n

The article, titled “Compliance Certificates: When a ‘Certificate’ is Misleading”<\/em>, explains the difference between EU certificates and voluntary declarations of conformity, offering useful guidelines to distinguish between the two types of documents.<\/p>\n\n

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Read the article<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

Download the magazine from the Ministry’s website: https:\/\/www.mimit.gov.it\/it\/per-i-media\/pubblicazioni\/rivista-mercato-e-consumatori-quaderno-informativo-ottobre-2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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