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EU Directive · RED

Radio Equipment Directive

Directive 2014/53/EU

The Radio Equipment Directive governs placing radio equipment on the EU market, including the cybersecurity, privacy and fraud-protection requirements activated by its delegated act and demonstrated through the EN 18031 harmonised standards.

What it covers

Equipment that intentionally emits or receives radio waves — Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular, LoRaWAN and similar.

How it applies to your product

For a radio product, RED conformity covers safety, electromagnetic compatibility and the efficient use of spectrum; since its delegated act, in-scope connected devices must also meet cybersecurity, privacy and fraud-protection requirements, demonstrated through the EN 18031 harmonised standards. Most consumer radio products can self-assess against harmonised standards; where they cannot, a Notified Body is involved.

Authoritative source

Always confirm against the primary text on EUR-Lex — the official EU legal database.

Read Directive 2014/53/EU on EUR-Lex ↗

See also the RED entry in the glossary.

Guides on RED

From the Library

  • tutorial

    How to check NANDO for Notified Bodies

    Step-by-step guide to NANDO — the Commission's public database of Notified Bodies. Search by Directive, by 4-digit ID, by country, and verify a quoted NB number on a DoC.

  • tutorial

    How to find harmonised standards in the Official Journal

    Tutorial: locate the current list of harmonised standards giving presumption of conformity in the OJEU, verify references, and read excluded clauses.

  • tutorial

    How to read CELEX numbers — EUR-Lex navigation

    Decode CELEX numbers like 32014L0053 (RED): sector code, year, document type, and number. Includes consolidated text identifiers and worked examples from EUR-Lex.

  • guide

    Spain — CE marking, language and MITECO requirements

    Spanish CE marking rules — the key Reales Decretos that transpose LVD, EMC and RED, the castellano labelling requirement, MITECO environmental duties, and the legacy DIE regime.

  • guide

    CE marking for industrial sensors and gateways

    EMC, LVD, RED, RoHS, ATEX, Machinery Regulation and CRA stack for industrial sensors, gateways and edge devices placed on the EU market.

  • guide

    CE marking medical wearables — MDR + CRA overlap

    How CE marking works for a medical wearable: MDR is binding, CRA is carved out by Article 2(2), and RED still applies to the wireless side.

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