Most regulatory regimes have more than one route to ‘approval’. In the EU system, the choice of route is by the manufacturer. Choosing the route is usually straightforward. The key point to remember is that no one route results in a ‘better’ CE marking than another.

Usually it is a case of ‘higher investment now’ against ‘lower running costs later’. So, if you are only considering business in the short term, some routes are more attractive than others.
Priory Analysts is interested in your business plans, and advises the route to CE marking based on those plans.