European Union (Radio Equipment) Regulations 2026.

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 14/2026
• Year: 2026

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 14 of 2026

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EUROPEAN UNION (RADIO EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS 2026

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S.I. No. 14 of 2026

EUROPEAN UNION (RADIO EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS 2026

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

PART II

SCOPE AND APPLICATION

3. Application

4. Making Available on the Market, Putting into Service and Essential

Requirements

5. Possibility for consumers and other end-users to acquire certain

categories or classes of radio equipment without a charging device

6. Provision of information on the compliance of combinations of radio

equipment and software

7. Registration of radio equipment types within some categories

8. Free movement

9. Competent Authority

10. Additional Requirements for Putting into Service and Use

11. Notification of Radio Interface Specifications

PART III

12. Obligations of Economic Operators

13. Obligations of Manufacturers

14. Authorised Representatives

15. Obligations of Importers

16. Obligations of Distributors

17. Cases Where Obligations of Manufacturers apply to Importer or

Distributor

18. Identification of Economic Operators

PART IV

CONFORMITY OF RADIO EQUIPMENT

19. Presumption of Compliance with Conformity Assessment Procedures

20. Conformity Assessment Procedures

21. EU Declaration of Conformity

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22. CE Marking

23. Technical Documentation

PART V

NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES

24. Notifying Authority

25. Application for Notification

26. Presumption of Conformity of Notified Bodies

27. Notification Procedure

28. Restriction, Suspension or Withdrawal of Notification

29. Challenge of the Competence of Notified Bodies

30. Operational Obligations of Notified Bodies

31. Appeal of Decision under Part 5

32. Information Obligation of Notified Bodies

33. Co-ordination of Notified Bodies

PART VI

UNION MARKET SURVEILLANCE, CONTROL OF RADIO EQUIPMENT

ENTERING UNION MARKET AND SAFEGUARD PROCEDURE

34. Union Market Surveillance, Control of Radio Equipment Entering Union

Market and Market Surveillance Authority

35. Procedure for Dealing with Radio Equipment Presenting a Risk at

National Level

36. Procedures where Radio Equipment continues to present a Risk at

National Level

37. Union Safeguard Procedure

38. Compliant Radio Equipment Presenting Risk

39. Formal Non-Compliance

PART VII

ENFORCEMENT

40. General

41. Appointment of Authorised Officers

42. Powers of Authorised Officers

43. Contravention Notice

44. Appeal against Contravention Notice

45. Order of High Court directing compliance with Contravention Notice

46. Radio Equipment presenting a serious risk

47. Prohibition Notice – Radio Equipment presenting a serious risk