Regulation (EU) 2024/2847
Annex IV — Critical products with digital elements
The critical-products list: three categories.
LAW Official text — verbatim from the Official Journal snapshot.
1. Hardware Devices with Security Boxes
2. Smart meter gateways within smart metering systems as defined in Article 2, point (23) of Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council and other devices for advanced security purposes, including for secure cryptoprocessing
3. Smartcards or similar devices, including secure elements
( 1 ) Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU ( OJ L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 125 ).
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Annex IV names the critical products in three categories F-025, with the technical descriptions supplied by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2392 F-048. For critical products, a European cybersecurity certification scheme is the route where one is available, and otherwise the class II procedures apply F-026.
Verified facts this page relies on
- F-025 Annex IV — critical products (items 1–3). Annex IV; Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2392
- F-048 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2392 provides technical descriptions of the Annex III and Annex IV product categories (in force 21 December 2025); the class matcher uses those descriptions, not shorthand labels. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2392; Art. 7(4)
- F-026 Conformity routes: default products may use internal control (Module A), EU-type examination plus internal production control (Modules B+C), full quality assurance (Module H) or a European cybersecurity certification scheme; important class I must use B+C or H (or a scheme at 'substantial' level) unless harmonised standards, common specifications or such a scheme are applied in full; important class II must use B+C, H or a scheme at 'substantial' level; critical products use a European scheme where available, otherwise the class II procedures. Art. 32(1)–(4), Annex VIII
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