--- title: "Article 15 — Voluntary reporting" 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 15 — Voluntary reporting" 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: 15 status: in_force object_id: eu.cra.legal_text.article.15 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)* 1. Manufacturers as well as other natural or legal persons may notify any [vulnerability](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/vulnerability) contained in a [product with digital elements](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/product-with-digital-elements) as well as cyber threats that could affect the risk profile of a product with digital elements on a voluntary basis to a [CSIRT designated as coordinator](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/csirt-designated-as-coordinator) or ENISA. 2. Manufacturers as well as other natural or legal persons may notify any [incident having an impact on the security of the product with digital elements](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/incident-having-an-impact-on-the-security-of-the-product-with-digital-elements) as well as near misses that could have resulted in such an [incident](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/incident) on a voluntary basis to a CSIRT designated as coordinator or ENISA. 3. The CSIRT designated as coordinator or ENISA shall process the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article in accordance with the procedure laid down in [Article 16](16.md). The CSIRT designated as coordinator may prioritise the processing of mandatory notifications over voluntary notifications. 4. Where a natural or legal person other than the [manufacturer](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/manufacturer) notifies an [actively exploited vulnerability](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/actively-exploited-vulnerability) or a severe incident having an impact on the security of a product with digital elements in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2, the CSIRT designated as coordinator shall without undue delay inform the manufacturer. 5. The CSIRTs designated as coordinators as well as ENISA shall ensure the confidentiality and appropriate protection of the information provided by a notifying natural or legal person. Without prejudice to the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences, voluntary reporting shall not result in the imposition of any additional obligations upon a notifying natural or legal person to which it would not have been subject had it not submitted the notification. ## Related Level 2 and Level 3 ### Guidance and Q&A - [ENISA — Q&A — Cyber Resilience Act Single Reporting Platform \[in force\]](../level-3/q-and-a/enisa/enisa-cra-srp-faq.md) *** [Chapter II — Obligations of economic operators and provisions in relation to free and open-source software](../chapters/ii.md) · [← Article 14](14.md) · [Article 16 →](16.md)