Hi Graham, key design differences between USA spec and EU are generally extra safety features required for CE.
Some examples below, which all need to be appraised and confirmed by a 'Notified body';
Braked motors / Micro switches on doors / length of rear feed after blade / thickness and positioning of guarding / Switches / EMC testing / Low voltage Directive.
After January we are moving to UKCA, which to all intent is CE at present but what happens after 2021 I'm not sure anyone knows yet? I can't see CE stringency being relaxed as it's a good benchmark for extra protection and I know several non CE countries such as Australia specify CE design from Laguna USA as it is held up as a 'safer' standard than USA.
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Nick
