Practical Product Compliance Guidance for Manufacturers.
Understand the regulatory requirements, technical documentation and compliance activities that support European market access. Our guidance focuses on what manufacturers need to establish, prepare, review and maintain.
What Do You Need to Understand?
Use the Information Centre to explore the legislation that may apply to your product and the practical compliance tasks that turn
regulatory requirements into a supportable technical record.
Which Rules Apply?
Explore key EU directives and regulations, their scope and the types of products or risks they address.
What Must Be Done?
Understand conformity assessment, standards, risk assessment, testing, technical documentation, instructions and declarations.
What Evidence Is Needed?
See how compliance activities connect to the technical evidence that supports the manufacturer compliance position.
Directives & Regulations
Different products may be covered by one or more pieces of EU product legislation. These guides explain the purpose and scope of
key requirements and the practical compliance work manufacturers should expect.
Machinery Directive / Regulation
Scope, essential requirements, risk assessment, technical documentation and conformity route.
Low Voltage Directive
Electrical safety requirements, standards, evidence, testing and technical documentation.
EMC Directive
Emissions, immunity, assessment, standards, test
evidence and documentation.
Radio Equipment Directive
Radio, safety and EMC requirements, assessment route and supporting evidence.
Pressure Equipment Directive
Classification, conformity assessment, technical evidence and documentation requirements.
Additional EU Requirements
Further directive and regulation guides added around the products and sectors we support.
Compliance Tasks Explained
Product legislation sets the requirements. These guides explain the activities and evidence typically used to establish, demonstrate
and maintain compliance.
Determine Applicable Requirements
Identify relevant legislation, product requirements and conformity-assessment route.
Standards Assessment
Identify relevant standards and understand how they support demonstration of conformity.
Risk Assessment
Identify and evaluate product risks, document control measures and maintain the assessment as the product changes.
Technical Documentation
Understand what the technical file should contain and how evidence should be structured and controlled.
Testing & Verification
Understand where testing, calculation, inspection or other verification evidence may be needed.
Instructions & Labelling
Review product information, warnings, markings and instructions against applicable requirements.
Declaration of Conformity
Understand when a declaration is required and how it connects to the underlying technical evidence.
Product Change Review
Understand why changes to a product may require compliance evidence and documents to be reviewed again.
How the Information Connects
Our guidance is organised around the same practical compliance journey used in our services.
Requirement
Assessment
Evidence
Controlled Record
Ongoing Review
This means an information page can lead naturally to the relevant practical service without turning technical guidance into a sales pitch.
Need Support Applying the Requirements?
If you understand the requirement but need help applying it to a specific product, the relevant compliance service provides a structured next step.
Product Compliance Assessment
Identify potential issues, evidence gaps and areas needing further attention.
Technical File Review & Compilation
Create or structure the technical record, identify gaps and control critical documents.
Product Change & Compliance Review
Assess subsequent changes against the established compliance baseline.
Clear Guidance. Traceable Sources. Practical Application.
Each detailed guide should identify the relevant legal or official sources, show the date of technical review and connect the requirement to the practical
compliance evidence a manufacturer may need.