It's not really "Hacking the system" - it is more than acceptable for a company to self certify so long as you are happy with the documentation you collect from

It's not really "Hacking the system" - it is more than acceptable for a company to self certify so long as you are happy with the documentation you collect from the component manufactures - it's just that you assume all the risk if you are fund to be in breach of the unifying directives (the legals that sit behind the legislation). One of the reasons the test houses exist is that not everyone wants to assume the responsibility of self certification and so they outsource it to experts in the test industry. The most important thing to make sure, regardless of the route you choose, is to always have your certifications and technical documents to hand should one of the monitoring bodies ask for it