The biggest fear for cross-border sellers when exporting is that the products do not meet the requirements during customs clearance and face seizure or forced destruction. This loss is immeasurable for sellers. If new energy sellers still want to make profits in the EU market this year, they can only work on their product quality and product certification. By the way, I would like to remind novice sellers what certifications they need to submit when exporting solar modules to the EU, and what laws, regulations and policies they need to comply with.
Chinese solar products exported to the EU must pass the following certifications:
1. CE certification: EU regulations require that all products sold in the EU market must comply with EU CE safety certification standards. This certification mainly focuses on product safety, health and environmental protection.
2. ROHS certification: The EU Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) limits the content of hazardous substances in electronic and electrical products on the EU market. Therefore, exports of solar cell modules from the EU need to comply with RoHS certification standards.
3. TUV certification: Germany’s TUV is one of Europe’s authoritative testing, certification and training institutions, which can provide professional safety and quality certification for solar products.
4. IEC certification: The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is an organization that formulates industrial standards for various countries and ensures technical exchanges and trade liberalization. Solar modules exported to the EU need to comply with IEC certification standards.
5. ISO certification: International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification is an enterprise’s certification of quality management and environmental management systems. This certification is very useful in increasing customer and market confidence.
According to the current situation of the European new energy market, the export growth of photovoltaic products this year will not double as last year. On the one hand, the natural gas crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict is gradually easing. On the other hand, Europe will strengthen and promote the development of local low-carbon production. However, Europe’s current new energy production capacity is not enough to shake the status of China’s photovoltaic product exports in the short term.
The EU’s Net Zero Industry Act may have the following impacts on China’s new energy product exports: increased competitive pressure, changes in demand structure, and increased certification requirements. Therefore, it is better for Chinese solar products exported to the EU to meet certification requirements.