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Version date: 20 November 2024 - onwards

Article 2 Scope

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:

(a) Regulation (EU) 2017/745;

(b) Regulation (EU) 2017/746;

(c) Regulation (EU) 2019/2144.

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[Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 146).].

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:

(a) such limitation or exclusion is consistent with the overall regulatory framework that applies to those products; and