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Radio Equipment Directive In force since 16 April 2014

Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment
32014L0053 · official text on EUR-Lex

Articles

Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 — Subject matter and scope
• Article 2 — Definitions
• Article 3 — Essential requirements
• 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 for dealing with radio equipment presenting a risk at national level
• Article 41 — Union safeguard procedure
• Article 42 — Compliant radio equipment which presents a risk
• Article 43 — Formal non-compliance

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