Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30 of 29 October 2021 supplementing Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the application of the essential requirements referred to in Article 3(3), points (d), (e) and (f), of that Directive (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 1

The essential requirement set out in Article 3(3), point (e), of Directive 2014/53/EU shall apply to any of the following radio equipment, if that radio equipment is capable of processing, within the meaning of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, personal data, as defined in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, or traffic data or location data, as defined in Article 2, points (b) and (c), of Directive 2002/58/EC:

(a) internet-connected radio equipment, other than the equipment referred to in points (b), (c) or (d);

(b) radio equipment designed or intended exclusively for childcare;

(c) radio equipment covered by Directive 2009/48/EC;

(d) radio equipment designed or intended, whether exclusively or not exclusively, to be worn on, strapped to, or hung from any of the following: (i) any part of the human body, including the head, neck, trunk, arms, hands, legs and feet; (ii) any clothing, including headwear, hand wear and footwear, which is worn by human beings.

Article 2

By way of derogation from Article 1, the essential requirements set out in Article 3(3), points (d), (e) and (f), of Directive 2014/53/EU shall not apply to radio equipment to which either of the following Union legislation also applies:

(a) Regulation (EU) 2017/745;

(b) Regulation (EU) 2017/746.

By way of derogation from Article 1(2) and Article 1(3), the essential requirements set out in Article 3(3), points (e) and (f), of Directive 2014/53/EU shall not apply to radio equipment to which any of the following Union legislation also applies:

(a) Regulation (EU) 2018/1139;

(b) Regulation (EU) 2019/2144;

(c) Directive (EU) 2019/520.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 August 2025.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.