Radio Equipment Directive (RED)

RED Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU · Consolidated version of 30 May 2026 · Official text on EUR-Lex

Harmonised standards under this act (190)

Contents of the act

CHAPTER I – GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 – Subject matter and scope
• Article 2 – Definitions
• Article 3 – Essential requirements
• Article 3a – Possibility for consumers and other end-users to acquire certain categories or classes of radio equipment without a charging device
• Article 4 – Provision of information on the compliance of combinations of radio equipment and software
• Article 5 – Registration of radio equipment types within some categories
• Article 6 – Making available on the market
• Article 7 – Putting into service and use
• Article 8 – Notification of radio interface specifications and assignment of radio equipment classes
• Article 9 – Free movement of radio equipment

CHAPTER II – OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS

• Article 10 – Obligations of manufacturers
• Article 11 – Authorised representatives
• Article 12 – Obligations of importers
• Article 13 – Obligations of distributors
• Article 14 – Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors
• Article 15 – Identification of economic operators

CHAPTER III – CONFORMITY OF RADIO EQUIPMENT

• Article 16 – Presumption of conformity of radio equipment
• Article 17 – Conformity assessment procedures
• Article 18 – EU declaration of conformity
• Article 19 – General principles of the CE marking
• Article 20 – Rules and conditions for affixing the CE marking and the identification number of the notified body
• Article 21 – Technical documentation

CHAPTER IV – NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES

• Article 22 – Notification
• Article 23 – Notifying authorities
• Article 24 – Requirements relating to notifying authorities
• Article 25 – Information obligation on notifying authorities
• Article 26 – Requirements relating to notified bodies
• Article 27 – Presumption of conformity of notified bodies
• Article 28 – Subsidiaries of and subcontracting by notified bodies
• Article 29 – Application for notification
• Article 30 – Notification procedure
• Article 31 – Identification numbers and lists of notified bodies
• Article 32 – Changes to notifications
• Article 33 – Challenge of the competence of notified bodies
• Article 34 – Operational obligations of notified bodies
• Article 35 – Appeal against decisions of notified bodies
• Article 36 – Information obligation on notified bodies
• Article 37 – Exchange of experience
• Article 38 – Coordination of notified bodies

CHAPTER V – UNION MARKET SURVEILLANCE, CONTROL OF RADIO EQUIPMENT ENTERING THE UNION MARKET AND UNION SAFEGUARD PROCEDURE

• Article 39 – Union market surveillance and control of radio equipment entering the Union market
• Article 40 – Procedure at national level for dealing with radio equipment presenting a risk or not in compliance with essential requirements
• Article 41 – Union safeguard procedure
• Article 42 – Compliant radio equipment which presents a risk
• Article 43 – Formal non-compliance
• Article 43a – Application of emergency procedures
• Article 43b – Prioritisation of the conformity assessment of radio equipment designated as crisis-relevant goods
• Article 43c – Derogation from the conformity assessment procedures requiring the mandatory involvement of a notified body
• Article 43d – Presumption of conformity based on standards and common specifications
• Article 43e – Prioritisation of market surveillance activities and mutual assistance among authorities

CHAPTER VI – DELEGATED ACTS AND IMPLEMENTING ACTS AND THE COMMITTEE

• Article 44 – Exercise of the delegation
• Article 45 – Committee procedure

CHAPTER VII – FINAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

• Article 46 – Penalties
• Article 47 – Review and reporting
• Article 48 – Transitional provisions
• Article 49 – Transposition
• Article 50 – Repeal
• Article 51 – Entry into force
• Article 52 – Addressees

Annexes

• ANNEX I – EQUIPMENT NOT COVERED BY THIS DIRECTIVE
• ANNEX Ia – SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO CHARGING APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN CATEGORIES OR CLASSES OF RADIO EQUIPMENT
• ANNEX II – CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT MODULE A
• ANNEX III – CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT MODULES B AND C
• ANNEX IV – CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT MODULE H
• ANNEX V – CONTENTS OF TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
• ANNEX VI – EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY (No XXX) (
• ANNEX VII – SIMPLIFIED EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY