Topic
Notified bodies
The third-party assessment infrastructure, still being built out.
Notified bodies are the independent organisations that run third-party conformity assessment where the Regulation calls for it — the EU-type examination and full quality assurance routes involve them, while default products can self-assess under internal control F-026.
The capacity question
Designation is in progress: notified bodies for this Regulation are being designated, and the Commission targets sufficient capacity by December 2026 on a best-efforts basis F-037. For products whose route runs through a notified body, that designation timeline is a real planning input, not administrative trivia F-037 F-026.
What to watch
The chapter from Article 35 onward sets up the machinery — notifying authorities, competence criteria, identification numbers, coordination. The list of designated bodies and their scopes is the operational fact that matters; it is exactly the kind of slow-moving infrastructure change worth monitoring rather than re-checking by hand F-037.
Verified facts this page relies on
- F-037 Notified bodies for the CRA are being designated; the Commission targets sufficient capacity by December 2026 (best efforts). Commission
- 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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