The ''Geprüfte Sicherheit'' ("") or ''GS'' mark is a voluntary

certification mark A certification mark on a commercial product or service is a registered Mark (sign), mark that enables its owner ("certification body") to certify that the goods or services of a particular provider (who is not the owner of the certification ...

for consumer products. It indicates that a product meets German and, if available, European safety requirements for such devices. The main difference between GS and

CE mark The presence of the logo on Product (business), commercial products indicates that the Manufacturing, manufacturer or importer affirms the goods' conformity with European Environment, health and safety, health, safety, and environmental prote ...

is that the compliance with the European safety requirements has been tested and certified by a state-approved independent lab.TÜV Rheinland: GS Mark – A Product Safety Mark for German Market
/ref> CE marking, in contrast, is issued for the signing of a declaration that the product is in compliance with European legislation. The GS mark is based on the German Product Safety Act (" Produktsicherheitsgesetz", or "ProdSG"). Testing for the mark is usually conducted by authorized laboratories such as IFA and TÜV in Germany; IMQ in Italy; NEMKO in Europe and

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in the United States.Intertek Although the GS mark was designed with the German market in mind, it appears on a large proportion of electronic products and machinery sold elsewhere in the world.

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