Decide scope once, document it, and stop re-litigating it every release.
Output: a scope memo + product classification record you can attach to your technical file.
Structured answer sets in this page tree.
Cited legal and guidance references.
RED compliance starts with a clean scope decision. The fastest way to lose time is to argue about scope after test planning begins. Use this page to classify your product as radio equipment (or not), document exclusions and borderline cases, and create a traceable scope record that survives audits and market surveillance questions.
In practical terms, radio equipment is equipment that intentionally transmits and/or receives radio waves for radiocommunication or radiodetermination.
If the radio is a module inside a larger product, the final product can still be in scope. The decision turns on the radio function and on how the finished product is made available on the market.
RED excludes some equipment because Annex I routes them to other Union regimes or treats them as out of scope.
Do not guess: document the legal basis for an exclusion and keep it with the technical file.
These are the cases that typically cause scope churn: receivers, partially-radio products, and embedded modules.
Use these as a checklist for internal alignment, then run the applicability test page for a structured outcome.
Your scope decision should be auditable: the facts, the conclusion, and the evidence.
Treat this record like a controlled document and update it when the radio design changes.
Research Copilot can take EU Radio Equipment Directive (RED) Scope and Classification from clarifying scope and applicability with cited answers to a reusable workflow inside Sorena. Teams working on EU Radio Equipment Directive (RED) can keep owners, evidence, and next steps aligned without copying this guide into separate documents.
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