Introduction 免責事項及び序論

This Guide is intended to serve as a manual for all parties directly or indirectly affected by the Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU (RED). It should assist in the interpretation of the RED but cannot take its place; it explains and clarifies some of the most important issues related to the Directive’s application. The Guide also aims to disseminate widely the explanations and clarifications reached by consensus among Member States and other stakeholders.

This Guide is publicly available but is not binding in the sense of a legal act adopted by any of the EU institutions, even if the word 'shall' is used in many parts of this Guide. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of the RED and this Guide, the provisions of the RED prevail.

The Commission accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever regarding the information in this guide. The information:

is of a general nature only and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any individual or entity.

is not necessarily comprehensive, complete, accurate or up to date.

sometimes refers to external information over which the Commission has no control and for which the Commission assumes no responsibility.

does not constitute legal advice.

Moreover, attention is drawn to the fact that all references to the CE marking, and EU Declaration of Conformity relate to RED only and radio equipment only benefit from the free circulation in the Union market if the product complies with the provisions of all the applicable Union legislation.

Reference is therefore made, whenever necessary but not always, to other EU legal acts. This Guide does not serve as guidance for these other EU legal acts.

The authentic versions of the RED and the EU legal acts mentioend in this Guide, including their preambles, are those published in the Official Journal of the European Union and made available in EUR-Lex. Those official texts are directly accessible through the links embedded in this document.

In EUR-Lex, the reader may find the full legal text of the RED and of other EU legal acts mentioend in this Guide, as well as the most recent consolidated version of EU legisaltion and summary documents, noting that the consolidated texts and the summary documents in EUR-Lex are meant purely as a Documentation tool and have no legal effect.

The purpose of this document is to give guidance, subject to the preceding disclaimer, on certain matters and procedures pertaining to the Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU (hereinafter referred to as 'the RED'), which is applicable as of 13th June 2016. This Guide brings together information previously available in several TCAM documents and related Commission’s websites.

This Guide is based on the RED and on the “New Legislative Framework” described in the “Blue Guide 2022” (hereinafter referred to as the “Blue Guide”) and does not duplicate what is already contained in the Blue Guide which addresses horizontal matters. Hence, this Guide should be read in conjunction with the Blue Guide.

Moreover, other more specific guidance or documents might be issued by the Commission services, TCAM or ADCO RED providing guidance or information on specific topics or items, for example:

-Guidance for the interpretation of the Common Charger Directive;

-Subclasses: class 1 equipment;

-Notification of draft interface regulations;7.

-National language requirements of the national implementation of the RED.

This version replaces the previous versions of 19 May 2017, 5 June 2018 and 19 December 2018.