- The aim is to adapt this regulation to the European Directive adopted in 2024 in order to avoid disruptions to the EU internal market in the event of a crisis.
The European Parliament adopted Directive (EU) 2024/2749 with the aim of ensuring that a crisis, such as that caused by the COVID pandemic, does not disrupt the normal functioning of the European Union's internal market; does not affect the free movement of goods, services and people; and that the availability of goods and services of critical importance to citizens is guaranteed.
The European Directive makes it necessary to amend the Regulation laying down the requirements for the placing on the market, putting into service and use of radio equipment. The public consultation, which will be open until March 10, is the step prior to the processing of a draft royal decree incorporating the necessary modifications.
The aim is that in the new regulation it can include:
− Emergency procedures to ensure that, during an internal market emergency mode, goods relevant to harmonised crises can be quickly placed on the market.
− The requirement for conformity assessment bodies to give priority to applications for conformity assessment of assets that have been designated as crisis-relevant assets.
− The possibility for the competent authorities, on an exceptional and temporary basis, in the context of an ongoing internal market emergency, to authorise the introduction into the internal market of products which have not been subject to the usual conformity assessment procedures, provided that the applicable essential safety requirements are guaranteed.
- Mechanisms for the provision of technical references, where an internal market emergency leads to an exponential increase in demand for certain products, which manufacturers must be able to use to design and produce goods relevant to the crisis that meet the applicable essential health and safety requirements.
− Emergency procedures in the event of crises affecting the functioning of the internal market.