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August 31, 2026
Breaking Down CRA Annex I: 13 Product Requirements + 8 Vulnerability-Handling Obligations
Annex I is the only part of the CRA that directly specifies what the product must do — the compliance backbone that technical documentation, CE marking and the penalty regime all point to. A testing-laboratory breakdown of Part I's 13 product requirements and Part II's 8 vulnerability-handling obligations.
Annex I is the only part of the CRA that directly specifies what a product must do — the compliance backbone that technical documentation, CE marking and the penalty regime all point to. This article breaks it down from a testing-laboratory perspective: the 13 product-property requirements of Part I, the 8 vulnerability-handling obligations of Part II, and six first steps manufacturers can take now.