--- title: "Article 1 — Subject matter" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R2847-20241120" source_retrieved: 2026-10-03 shortTitle: "Article 1 — Subject matter" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) 2024/2847" instrument: cra celex: "32024R2847" regulation: CRA regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) 2024/2847" article: 1 status: in_force object_id: eu.cra.legal_text.article.1 text_version: "Consolidated version of 20 November 2024" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R2847-20241120" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *In force · applies from 11 Dec 2027 · Consolidated version of 20 November 2024 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R2847-20241120)* This Regulation lays down: **(a)** rules for the [making available on the market](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/making-available-on-the-market) of products with digital elements to ensure the [cybersecurity](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/cybersecurity) of such products; **(b)** essential cybersecurity requirements for the design, development and production of products with digital elements, and obligations for economic operators in relation to those products with respect to cybersecurity; **(c)** essential cybersecurity requirements for the [vulnerability](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/vulnerability) handling processes put in place by manufacturers to ensure the cybersecurity of products with digital elements during the time the products are expected to be in use, and obligations for economic operators in relation to those processes; **(d)** rules on market surveillance, including monitoring, and enforcement of the rules and requirements referred to in this Article. *** [Chapter I — General provisions](../chapters/i.md) · [Article 2 →](2.md)