Cyber Resilience Act – Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 – Article 31 – Technical documentation
1. The technical documentation shall contain all relevant data or details of the means used by the manufacturer to ensure that the product with digital elements and the processes put in place by the manufacturer comply with the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in
Annex I. It shall at least contain the elements set out in
Annex VII.
2. The technical documentation shall be drawn up before the product with digital elements is placed on the market and shall be continuously updated, where appropriate, at least during the support period.
3. For products with digital elements as referred to in
Article 12, which are also subject to other Union legal acts which provide for technical documentation, a single set of technical documentation shall be drawn up containing the information referred to in
Annex VII and the information required by those Union legal acts.
4. The technical documentation and correspondence relating to any conformity assessment procedure shall be drawn up in an official language of the Member State in which the notified body is established or in a language acceptable to that body.
5. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with
Article 61 to supplement this Regulation by adding elements to be included in the technical documentation set out in
Annex VII to take account of technological developments, as well as developments encountered in the implementation process of this Regulation. To that end, the Commission shall strive to ensure that the administrative burden on microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises is proportionate.
Pending amendment (not yet applicable)
Regulation (EU) 2025/327 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2025 on the European Health Data Space and amending Directive 2011/24/EU and Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 (OJ L, 2025/327, 5.3.2025, ELI), Article 104, amends this Article with effect from 26 March 2027 (Article 105 of Regulation (EU) 2025/327). The amended wording will read:
in Article 31, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3. For products with digital elements as referred to in Article 12 and Article 32(5a), which are also subject to other Union legal acts which provide for technical documentation, a single set of technical documentation shall be drawn up containing the information referred to in Annex VII and the information required by those Union legal acts.’
