# EU Product Legislation Reference: Directives and Regulations That Apply to Your Product

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## Short answer

A searchable list of the main EU directives and regulations that drive CE marking and product compliance, with legal reference numbers and what each covers.

## Category

compliance-legal

## Region

European Union

## Audience

- Compliance engineer
- Product safety engineer
- Quality manager

## Tool

**Kind:** worksheet

**Mode:** reference

**Columns:**

#### Legislation

**Key:** name

**Type:** text

#### Legal reference

**Key:** ref

**Type:** text

#### What it covers

**Key:** scope

**Type:** text

#### Marking or declaration

**Key:** route

**Type:** text

**Rows:**

#### Low Voltage Directive (LVD)

**Ref:** 2014/35/EU

**Scope:** Electrical equipment rated 50 to 1000 V AC or 75 to 1500 V DC

**Route:** CE marking, EU declaration of conformity, internal production control

#### EMC Directive

**Ref:** 2014/30/EU

**Scope:** Electromagnetic emissions and immunity of apparatus and fixed installations

**Route:** CE marking, EU declaration of conformity

#### Radio Equipment Directive (RED)

**Ref:** 2014/53/EU

**Scope:** Equipment that intentionally emits or receives radio waves

**Route:** CE marking, notified body involvement possible

#### Machinery Directive

**Ref:** 2006/42/EC

**Scope:** Machinery, interchangeable equipment, safety components

**Route:** CE marking, declaration of conformity, technical file

#### Machinery Regulation

**Ref:** (EU) 2023/1230

**Scope:** Replaces the Machinery Directive, applies from 20 January 2027

**Route:** CE marking, declaration of conformity

#### RoHS Directive

**Ref:** 2011/65/EU

**Scope:** Restricted substances in electrical and electronic equipment

**Route:** CE marking, declaration covers RoHS

#### ATEX Equipment Directive

**Ref:** 2014/34/EU

**Scope:** Equipment and protective systems for explosive atmospheres

**Route:** CE marking with Ex marking, notified body for higher categories

#### Pressure Equipment Directive (PED)

**Ref:** 2014/68/EU

**Scope:** Pressure equipment above 0.5 bar maximum allowable pressure

**Route:** CE marking, conformity assessment modules by category

#### Simple Pressure Vessels Directive

**Ref:** 2014/29/EU

**Scope:** Series produced welded vessels for air or nitrogen

**Route:** CE marking

#### Measuring Instruments Directive (MID)

**Ref:** 2014/32/EU

**Scope:** Regulated measuring instruments such as meters

**Route:** CE and M marking, notified body

#### Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Directive

**Ref:** 2014/31/EU

**Scope:** Scales and weighing instruments

**Route:** CE and M marking, notified body

#### Lifts Directive

**Ref:** 2014/33/EU

**Scope:** Lifts and safety components for lifts

**Route:** CE marking, notified body

#### Explosives for Civil Uses Directive

**Ref:** 2014/28/EU

**Scope:** Explosives for civil use

**Route:** CE marking, notified body

#### Pyrotechnic Articles Directive

**Ref:** 2013/29/EU

**Scope:** Fireworks and other pyrotechnic articles

**Route:** CE marking

#### Cableway Installations Regulation

**Ref:** (EU) 2016/424

**Scope:** Cableway installations and subsystems

**Route:** CE marking

#### Personal Protective Equipment Regulation

**Ref:** (EU) 2016/425

**Scope:** PPE for professional and consumer use

**Route:** CE marking, notified body for categories II and III

#### Gas Appliances Regulation

**Ref:** (EU) 2016/426

**Scope:** Appliances burning gaseous fuels and their fittings

**Route:** CE marking, notified body

#### Toy Safety Directive

**Ref:** 2009/48/EC

**Scope:** Products designed for children under 14 for play

**Route:** CE marking

#### Medical Devices Regulation (MDR)

**Ref:** (EU) 2017/745

**Scope:** Medical devices and accessories

**Route:** CE marking, notified body for most classes

#### In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR)

**Ref:** (EU) 2017/746

**Scope:** In vitro diagnostic medical devices

**Route:** CE marking, notified body for most classes

#### Ecodesign Directive (framework)

**Ref:** 2009/125/EC

**Scope:** Energy related products via implementing measures

**Route:** CE marking and declaration under each measure

#### Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)

**Ref:** (EU) 2024/1781

**Scope:** Framework that repeals and replaces the Ecodesign Directive

**Route:** Product specific delegated acts, digital product passport

#### Energy Labelling Regulation

**Ref:** (EU) 2017/1369

**Scope:** Energy label and product database for listed product groups

**Route:** Label and EPREL registration

#### Construction Products Regulation (CPR)

**Ref:** (EU) 305/2011

**Scope:** Construction products covered by harmonised standards

**Route:** CE marking and declaration of performance

#### Batteries Regulation

**Ref:** (EU) 2023/1542

**Scope:** Batteries throughout their life cycle, labelling, due diligence, carbon footprint

**Route:** CE marking and labelling, phased application dates

#### General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)

**Ref:** (EU) 2023/988

**Scope:** Consumer products not covered by specific harmonisation law

**Route:** Safety obligations, traceability, no CE mark

#### Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)

**Ref:** (EU) 2024/2847

**Scope:** Products with digital elements, security by design and vulnerability handling

**Route:** CE marking, phased application dates

#### Artificial Intelligence Act

**Ref:** (EU) 2024/1689

**Scope:** AI systems by risk class, high risk systems need conformity assessment

**Route:** CE marking for high risk systems

#### REACH Regulation

**Ref:** (EC) No 1907/2006

**Scope:** Registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals, SVHC in articles

**Route:** No CE mark, supply chain communication duties

#### CLP Regulation

**Ref:** (EC) No 1272/2008

**Scope:** Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures

**Route:** Label and safety data sheet

#### Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulation

**Ref:** (EU) 2019/1021

**Scope:** Ban and restriction of POPs in products

**Route:** No CE mark, substance limits

#### WEEE Directive

**Ref:** 2012/19/EU

**Scope:** Collection, recovery and producer responsibility for electrical equipment

**Route:** Crossed out wheeled bin symbol, producer registration

**Notes:** General guidance only. Application dates, amendments and harmonised standards change, so confirm the consolidated text on EUR-Lex before issuing a declaration of conformity.

## Content

**Intro:** Most EU compliance mistakes start with an incomplete list of the laws that apply to the product. This reference lists the main product directives and regulations with their legal numbers so you can scope a CE marking project or a technical file review.

**Sections:**

#### How to use this reference

**Body:** Start with what the product physically is and does: electrical, wireless, machinery, pressure, battery, software with connectivity. Search by keyword, note every row that matches, and carry that list into the EU declaration of conformity, which must cite every applicable act. Then check the harmonised standards listed in the Official Journal for each act, because applying them gives presumption of conformity. Export the filtered table to Excel and attach it to the technical file as the applicability analysis.

**Bullets:**

- List every function, not only the main one
- One declaration can cover several directives
- Record the date the list was reviewed

#### Directives, regulations and why the difference matters

**Body:** A directive must be transposed into national law by each member state, while a regulation applies directly and identically everywhere. The trend is toward regulations, such as the Machinery Regulation 2023/1230, the Batteries Regulation 2023/1542 and the Cyber Resilience Act 2024/2847. For manufacturers this reduces country by country variation but raises the bar on documentation, traceability and economic operator duties for importers and distributors.

#### Overlaps that surprise teams

**Body:** A connected industrial controller can fall under LVD, EMC, RED, RoHS, the Machinery act when it is a safety component, and the Cyber Resilience Act at once. A battery powered tool adds the Batteries Regulation. REACH and CLP apply even when no CE marking exists, because they govern chemical content and communication. Build the applicability matrix once per product family and re-run it at each design change that adds radio, software update capability or a new substance.

#### Common mistakes

**Body:** The most frequent errors are citing a superseded directive on the declaration, forgetting that GPSR is a fallback and not an addition for CE marked goods, and treating REACH as a one time check. Also confirm the legal manufacturer address and the authorised representative for non EU makers. Dates of application are phased for several of the newer regulations, so write down which obligations bind your product on the date you place it on the market.

**Cta:** If product compliance data lives across ERP item masters and supplier portals, Netray can help build a read-only view that shows which items lack a current declaration.

**Faq:**

#### Does every product need CE marking?

**Answer:** No. CE marking is required only when an EU act that provides for it covers the product. Many goods fall outside every CE act and are governed by the General Product Safety Regulation, REACH and sector rules instead. Check the scope rows before assuming the mark is needed or forbidden.

#### Can one declaration of conformity cover several directives?

**Answer:** Yes. When several acts apply, a single EU declaration of conformity can cite all of them, provided each referenced act and the applicable harmonised standards are listed and the product meets every one of them.

#### What replaces the Machinery Directive?

**Answer:** Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 replaces Directive 2006/42/EC and applies from 20 January 2027. It adds cybersecurity and AI related safety aspects and clarifies the conformity assessment routes for high risk machinery.

#### Is this list complete?

**Answer:** It covers the main product laws a manufacturer meets but not sector rules such as tyre labelling, detergents or cosmetics. Use it as a starting point and confirm scope in the text of the act on EUR-Lex.

## Search terms

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