- RED (Radio Equipment Directive, Directive 2014/53/EU)
- The EU law for products that use radio. A product must meet its essential requirements before it can carry the CE mark and be sold in the EU.
- Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30
- The EU regulation that activates the RED cybersecurity requirements in Article 3(3)(d), (e) and (f), applicable since 1 August 2025.
- Harmonised standard
- A European standard published in the Official Journal of the European Union; meeting it gives a presumption of conformity with the corresponding legal requirements. The EN 18031 series is the harmonised standard for the RED cybersecurity requirements.
- Presumption of conformity
- When a product meets a harmonised standard, the authorities presume it meets the corresponding legal requirements. Parts of the standard that carry restrictions do not give a presumption of conformity.
- Notified Body (NB)
- An independent organisation designated by an EU member state and qualified to carry out assessments under specific legislation. Each NB has its own identification number and designated scope.
- Self-declaration
- The manufacturer assesses the product against the legal requirements itself and signs the EU Declaration of Conformity (EU DoC), without a Notified Body assessment.
- Technical documentation
- The set of documents showing that a product meets the legal requirements, including design descriptions, risk assessment and test reports. It must be kept after the product is placed on the market, for the authorities to request.
- SBOM / CVE
- An SBOM (software bill of materials) lists every software component, library and framework in a product; a CVE is a public identifier for a known vulnerability, used to check whether a component has known weaknesses.
- ISO/IEC 17025
- The international standard for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, confirming that a laboratory can produce valid test results.
- CRA (Cyber Resilience Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/2847)
- The EU cybersecurity regulation for products with digital elements; it replaces the RED cybersecurity requirements from 11 December 2027.