Steve
CE is not a recognized mark in North America. It is a completely different system than North American standards.
CE is a promise by the manufacturer that says they promise to make this product according to the Standard. US and Canadian approvals require testing by a certification lab like UL, CSA, Interteck, TUV, etc. There are audits of products built under a CE mark and the penalties are huge if a product is mis-labled. IE it does not actually meet the promise of meeting a standard.
There are a whole lot of laws that would need to be changed in both our countries before we could recognize a CE mark. Any AHJ that recognizes a CE mark in North America is assuming a huge pile of risk or does not understand what that mark means and what a mark like UL means.
Then there is the question of the Standards themselves. There are safety differences in these Standards and some Euro standards are not compatable with North American standards for the same products.
A CE mark is useless in our markets. Any AHJ recognizing it is making a mistake.
