Understand the requirements before you launch
Practical explanations of product requirements, technical documentation and manufacturer responsibilities. Explore the topics relevant to your product, then request a product-specific assessment.
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EU Product Compliance and CE Marking
Which EU rules apply to a product, what CE marking does and does not mean, and how supply-chain roles affect the obligations.
Read the guideMachinery Directive 2006/42/EC
Scope, documentation routes and risk-assessment expectations under the Machinery Directive, including the transition to the Machinery Regulation.
Read the guideMachinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230
How the Machinery Regulation affects product documentation, supply-chain roles and conformity assessment ahead of its general application date.
Read the guideMachinery Risk Assessment
What a machinery risk assessment examines, why it must reflect the actual machine, and where additional engineering verification is needed.
Read the guideEMC Directive 2014/30/EU
Emissions, immunity, apparatus versus fixed installations and the separate scope check needed for radio equipment.
Read the guideLow Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU
Voltage ranges, exclusions and the interaction with other legislation when assessing electrical safety.
Read the guideRadio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU
Safety, electromagnetic compatibility and spectrum requirements for radio equipment, and why module reports do not close the assessment.
Read the guideREACH, SVHC and SCIP
Substance restrictions, Candidate List communication duties and the separate SCIP database obligation for articles.
Read the guideRoHS Compliance
Restricted substances in electrical and electronic equipment, exemptions, and linking component evidence to the equipment placed on the market.
Read the guideGeneral Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)
The consumer product safety framework under Regulation (EU) 2023/988, its interaction with sectoral rules and online selling duties.
Read the guidePackaging Compliance and PPWR
Packaging sustainability, substance, documentation and labelling requirements under Regulation (EU) 2025/40, kept separate from product CE duties.
Read the guideWEEE and Extended Producer Responsibility
Registration, reporting, financing and take-back duties for electrical equipment, and why they are country specific.
Read the guideBatteries and Battery-Powered Products
Requirements under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 by battery category, plus the separate assessment of the finished product.
Read the guideEcodesign, ESPR and Digital Product Passports
How the ESPR framework works, when product-specific measures apply and why a digital product passport is not yet universal.
Read the guideProduct Cybersecurity, RED and the CRA
CRA reporting and main obligation dates, the role of RED Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30 and the limits of a document checklist.
Read the guideTechnical Documentation and Declarations of Conformity
What technical documentation should demonstrate, how declaration requirements differ by legislation and where machinery needs a specific declaration type.
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