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title: "Article 11 — General product safety"
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*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)*

By way of derogation from Article 2(1), third subparagraph, point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2023/988, Chapter III, Section 1, Chapters V and VII, and Chapters IX to XI of that Regulation shall apply to products with digital elements with respect to aspects and risks or categories of risks that are not covered by this Regulation where those products are not subject to specific safety requirements laid down in other ‘[Union harmonisation legislation](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/union-harmonisation-legislation)’ as defined in Article 3, point (27), of Regulation (EU) 2023/988.

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