Reference
EU regulations for hardware
The EU instruments a connected hardware product typically has to meet before it can be placed on the market — each with its official designation, what it covers, and a direct link to the authoritative EUR-Lex source. Not sure which apply to your product? Use the free EU Directive Selector.
- CRACyber Resilience Act
Regulation (EU) 2024/2847
Products with digital elements whose intended or foreseeable use includes direct/indirect data connections, subject to statutory exclusions including MDR/IVDR.
Open reference → - REDRadio Equipment Directive
Directive 2014/53/EU
Equipment that intentionally emits or receives radio waves — Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular, LoRaWAN and similar.
Open reference → - GDPRGeneral Data Protection Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2016/679
Any product that processes the personal data of people in the EU — names, emails, identifiers, biometrics or location.
Open reference → - MDRMedical Device Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2017/745
Medical devices and their accessories of any risk class placed on the EU market.
Open reference → - LVDLow Voltage Directive
Directive 2014/35/EU
Electrical equipment operating at 50–1000 V AC or 75–1500 V DC.
Open reference → - EMCElectromagnetic Compatibility Directive
Directive 2014/30/EU
Electrical and electronic equipment that can cause, or be affected by, electromagnetic disturbance.
Open reference → - RoHSRoHS Directive
Directive 2011/65/EU
Electrical and electronic equipment — restricts hazardous substances such as lead, mercury and cadmium.
Open reference → - REACHREACH Regulation
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
Chemical/substance and article duties depend on role, concentration, tonnage and exceptions; Article 33 communication has no tonnage threshold.
Open reference → - AI ActEU Artificial Intelligence Act
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
Products that incorporate AI systems — inference, decision-making or generative capabilities.
Open reference → - MachineryMachinery Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2023/1230
Machinery with at least one moving part driven by a non-human power source.
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