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A COB work light range reaches a European shelf through three gates: the range itself, the compliance file that follows your brand onto the product, and the producer responsibility registrations nobody mentions until the container lands. Here is how to build the range in four tiers, what the EU paperwork asks of an importer, and which factory data to demand before signing.
Quick answer
- Start with four tiers, not twenty SKUs. Our range spans 160, 200, 400, 600, 1,000 and 1,100 lumens across six models, covering entry, workshop, garage and feature tiers.
- The CE file is the product gate, not the whole gate. WEEE, batteries and packaging each need a separate registration, and General Product Safety Regulation 2023/988 adds distance-sales duties.
- Your own brand makes you the producer. Article 2 of Directive 2012/19/EU covers placing equipment on the market on your own behalf, including from a third country.
- Ask for the test capability, not just a certificate. We publish 30 testing machines and 20 production equipment, covering lumen, discharge, waterproof, temperature, battery and button tests.
- Cost freight from the carton data. Published cartons are 47.5 by 37.5 by 30.5 cm for 100 pieces at 21.8 kg gross, and 38 by 27 by 37 cm for 80 pieces at 23.5 kg.
Our work light category covers LED, rechargeable, multi-functional, COB and portable work lights, and the export list on that page already names Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy. The company profile shows who you are buying from: a factory founded in 2014 in Jiangshan Town, Ningbo, holding CE and RoHS certification and verified to ISO 9001:2015 and BSCI.
Why a COB work light range is a range decision, not a product decision
COB is a packaging and thermal choice, and that is why it moved from the workshop shelf into the wholesale catalogue. The published advantage on our models is greater thermal resistance, higher light efficiency and a smoother lighting feel, because one emitter replaces a row of separate diodes on a flat panel. Commercially this matters: a flat flood panel on a folding magnetic base hangs, stands and points, a different retail object from a cylindrical torch.
The mistake I see most often from European buyers is ordering one hero model and a colour card. A work light category sells on coverage of use cases, because the customer replacing a light in a garage is not the one replacing a light in an attic. Our published range lets one buying list cover four tiers.
| Published model | Output | Battery | Size / weight | Shelf job |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COB and 3 LED dry battery light, MT-W047 | 160 lumen COB, 10 lumen LED | 3 x AAA, not included | 15.8 x 5.7 x 2.5 cm / 85 g | Entry and impulse tier |
| COB light with magnetic base | 200 lumen | 1,200 mAh 18650 | 35 x 48 x 247 mm / 135 g | Folding pocket format |
| Type-C power bank COB light, MT-W048 | 400 lumen COB, 180 lumen XPE | 1 x 1,800 mAh 18650 | 128 x 53 x 36 mm / 180 g | Red light, power bank |
| Rechargeable COB light, hook and magnet | 600 lumen | 1,200 mAh 18650 | 200 x 41 x 37 mm / 116 g | Core workshop seller |
| Waterproof COB light with power bank, MT-W049 | 1,000 lumen COB, 230 lumen XPE | 2 x 2,000 mAh 18650 | 165 x 68 x 25 mm / 180 g | Garage and van |
| Rechargeable COB light with stand and magnet | 1,100 lumen | 3,000 mAh 18650 | 142 x 92 x 29 mm / 240 g | Hero model, stand and hook |
The EU compliance spine a distributor inherits
The most useful thing a European distributor can do is decide early whether the product carries your brand, because that decides how much EU paperwork lands on your desk. On the product side, the European Commission sets out CE marking as the conformity marking that lets a product circulate in the European Economic Area. For a rechargeable lighting product that means the Low Voltage Directive, EMC and RoHS, with a technical file and a declaration of conformity.
- Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU. According to EUR-Lex, Article 4 states that Member States shall not impede the making available on the market of electrical equipment which complies with the Directive, the basis for a CE marked luminaire moving freely.
- EMC Directive 2014/30/EU. The text at EUR-Lex places obligations on economic operators and ties them to harmonised standards, which for a Type-C product means emissions and immunity evidence for charging behaviour, not just the lamp.
- RoHS 2011/65/EU. As published at EUR-Lex, CE marking should also apply to EEE subject to it, so the restricted-substance declaration travels with the product file.
- REACH. The REACH Regulation applies to the substances in the ABS, the aluminium housing and the cable, and the SVHC statement belongs in the CE file.
- General Product Safety Regulation 2023/988. As published at EUR-Lex, Article 19 sets out obligations of economic operators in the case of distance sales, the clause that bites when you list these lights on a marketplace.
Extended producer responsibility, country by country
WEEE, batteries and packaging are three registrations, and they follow your brand rather than the factory’s, so a distributor who rebrands carries all three. The European Commission describes WEEE as the collection, treatment, recovery and recycling of electrical and electronic equipment, and the legal trigger is the word producer. Article 2 of Directive 2012/19/EU defines the producer as a company established in a Member State that places equipment on the market there on its own behalf, including equipment from a third country, and it also covers reselling under your own name or trademark. Article 16 then requires Member States to keep a producer register.
Batteries are a separate regime, with the Commission guidance on batteries and accumulators setting out collection and recycling obligations alongside the Batteries Regulation 2023/1542, which also governs labelling and the information that must be accessible. Packaging is a third registration again, and the Commission packaging waste page sets out the framework the new packaging rules build on.
Germany is the concrete example, and worth reading before you sign anything. The stiftung ear operates the German ElektroG and battery register, with separate paths for WEEE and battery registration and a route for foreign companies. Packaging in Germany is the LUCID packaging register, whose published guidance states that distributing packaged goods in Germany requires registration, and that registration alone is not enough for certain packaging because system participation and volume reporting are required. Across Europe the national schemes are coordinated through the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities.
The four registration questions to answer before the first order
- Will the product carry my name or trademark? If yes, the WEEE and battery producer definitions point at my company.
- Which member states will I sell into directly? Registration is per market, so five countries carry five sets of duties.
- Will the packaging be my own artwork? That decides whether I need a packaging registration and system participation.
- Am I selling through marketplaces and webshops? Distance sales bring the product safety and online information duties into scope from the first listing.
The factory file worth demanding
Most import disputes are not about the product, they are about what the supplier promised and what nobody wrote down, so the quality conversation belongs before the purchase order. Our published capability is 30 testing machines and 20 production equipment, with lumen, discharge time, waterproof, temperature, battery and button tests. The workshops are 700 square metres each for injection moulding with 4 machines, assembly with 2 lines, and packaging with 4 packing lines and 2 welding machines.
What we publish as quality objectives is the part a buyer can hold us to: a complaint handling time of 24 hours or less, a complaint feedback rate of 100 percent, an on-time delivery rate of 99 percent, a packaging one-time qualified rate of 99.9 percent and a core position training rate of 100 percent. The published workflow runs develop, quote, sample, order, design, production, QC and loading, with a quotation response in 2 days.
One point easy to miss: the carton data is published, and it is what makes a freight calculation real. The MT-W048 is packed 100 pieces per carton of 47.5 by 37.5 by 30.5 cm at a gross and net weight of 21.8 and 21 kg, and the MT-W049 is packed 80 pieces per carton of 38 by 27 by 37 cm at 23.5 and 23 kg. Multiply those by the order quantity and the container plan follows.
A ninety-day launch sequence
The order of operations that avoids rework
- Week 1 to 2, define the four tiers and write down the output, retail use and price point for each, because a range without a job per tier ends up with no volume.
- Week 2 to 4, collect the specification set for every SKU, meaning lumens, cell type and capacity, mode list, charging interface, dimensions, net weight, material, packaging and carton figures.
- Week 3 to 6, build the compliance file request list, covering the CE technical file for the Low Voltage, EMC and RoHS legs, the REACH statement, the declaration of conformity and the batch records.
- Week 4 to 8, start the registrations in each target market, for WEEE, batteries and packaging, because these queues rarely move faster than the paperwork.
- Week 6 to 8, agree the commercial terms in writing, covering the sample and approval sequence, artwork ownership, the quality objectives, the warranty and claim handling.
- Week 8 to 10, order samples and run your own acceptance test, on output, the charging interface, the magnet and hook under load and the carton, because a fault found on three samples is cheap and the same fault in Rotterdam is not.
- Week 10 to 12, finalise the artwork with the battery marking and QR code built in, then release the print run and book freight against the carton figures.
Building a COB work light range for the European market?
Send the SKU list you are considering and the markets you are selling into, and we will come back with the published specification for each model, the CE and test documentation behind it, and the carton data for the container plan.
Frequently Asked Questions About COB Work Light Wholesale in Europe
How many COB work light models should a European distributor start with?
Four tiers works, because each tier covers a different job and price point. Our published range supports an entry dry battery model at 160 lumens, a workshop model at 600 lumens, a garage model at 1,100 lumens and a feature model at 1,000 lumens with red light and power bank output, so a buyer launches on four SKUs.
What compliance does a European distributor need when it imports COB work lights?
The product side is the CE technical file covering the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU, the EMC Directive 2014/30/EU and RoHS 2011/65/EU, with REACH and the declaration of conformity. On top of that, WEEE, batteries and packaging are each registered separately as extended producer responsibility, and General Product Safety Regulation 2023/988 adds distance-sales duties.
Does a distributor that only resells under the factory brand still have to register for WEEE?
It depends on whose name the product is sold under. The producer definition in Article 2 of Directive 2012/19/EU covers a company placing equipment on the market in a Member State on its own behalf, including equipment from a third country, and it also covers reselling under your own name or trademark. If your own brand is on the product, you are the producer for WEEE purposes and Article 16 requires the national register.
What is the minimum factory data a buyer should request before placing an order?
For each SKU, the output in lumens, the battery cell type and capacity, the mode list, the charging interface, the dimensions, the net weight, the material and the packaging. On top of that, the test capability and the quality commitments: we publish 30 testing machines and 20 production equipment, with quality objectives of a 99 percent on-time delivery rate, a 99.9 percent packaging one-time qualified rate and a complaint handling time of 24 hours or less.
How does COB compare with a conventional LED work light for the wholesale buyer?
COB is a packaging and thermal choice rather than a brightness class. The published advantage is greater thermal resistance, higher light efficiency and a smoother lighting feel, and one emitter replaces a row of separate diodes, which is why the flood panel stays flat and the price per lumen in a high output housing stays competitive. The trade-off is that emitters cannot be mixed, so a spot and a flood are separate modules.
What does the EU battery labelling change mean for work lights sold after 2027?
The Batteries Regulation 2023/1542 already applies, and the Commission must adopt the labelling delegated act for light means of transport and other portable batteries by 18 February 2027, with the battery information accessible through a QR code. A work light with a removable 18650 cell therefore needs an individual battery marking and a QR code, which affects the artwork, the packaging and the spare part process.
Fannie Yu is Technical Director at MENGTING, with more than 15 years in outdoor lighting specialising in LED headlamp and flashlight research and development, thermal management and product innovation. The work spans emitter and thermal design through to the packaging line.
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Last verified: 2026-11-13. Model specifications, carton data, workshop figures, test capability, quality objectives and warranty terms are as published by MENGTING. The EU references are to the published legal texts of Directive 2014/35/EU, Directive 2014/30/EU, Directive 2011/65/EU, Directive 2012/19/EU, Regulation 2023/1542, Regulation 2023/988 and Regulation 1907/2006, with the published guidance of the European Commission, stiftung ear, the LUCID packaging register and EPRA. No unit price, order quantity or lead time figure appears here, because none is published, and registration duties depend on the member state and brand.
Post time: Nov-13-2026
