Radio Equipment Directive (RED) Articles

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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 and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC (OJ L 153, 22.5.2014, p. 62; CELEX 32014L0053).

The Directive is shown as published in the Official Journal in 2014. It is not a consolidated version.

Directive 2014/53/EU has been amended since, among others by Directive (EU) 2022/2380 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 amending Directive 2014/53/EU (CELEX 32022L2380). Those amendments are not in the text below. Directive 2014/53/EU on EUR-Lex, with its consolidated versions.

After the Directive, each as published in the Official Journal:

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  • Which of points (d), (e) and (f) apply to your radio equipment
  • Network protection, privacy and protection from fraud, each with the Directive's own text beside it
  • The overlap with CRA Annex I shown where the CRA applies too, so one set of measures serves both

RED Cybersecurity Still Unclear?

Whether Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30 applies to your radio equipment, and what it then asks, takes careful reading. The overview and the law text on this site cover the basics, but if your product is complex or your deadline is tight, we can help you work through it.