Article 2 — Scope
Digital & dataLevel 1RegulationCRAApplies from 11 Dec 2027Official source
1.This Regulation applies to products with digital elements made available on the market, the intended purpose or reasonably foreseeable use of which includes a direct or indirect logical or physical data connection to a device or network.
2.This Regulation does not apply to products with digital elements to which the following Union legal acts apply:
3.This Regulation does not apply to products with digital elements that have been certified in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139.
4.This Regulation does not apply to equipment that falls within the scope of Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.
5.The application of this Regulation to products with digital elements covered by other Union rules laying down requirements that address all or some of the risks covered by the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Annex I may be limited or excluded where:
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 61 to supplement this Regulation by specifying whether such limitation or exclusion is necessary, the products and rules concerned, as well as the scope of the limitation, if relevant.
6.This Regulation does not apply to spare parts that are made available on the market to replace identical components in products with digital elements and that are manufactured according to the same specifications as the components that they are intended to replace.