Highlights - Legislative scrutiny: Radio Equipment Directive - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

The Radio Equipment Directive (adopted in 2014) sets down requirements for radio equipment (TVs, mobiles, wi-fi, bluetooth, etc) on safety, health protection and electromagnetic compatibility. Certain requirements will only take effect once the Commission specifies, by delegated act, which types of radio equipment are covered. A representative of the Commission (DG GROW) will update Members on 6 November AM on the preparation of three possible delegated acts.

One delegated act relates to the "common charger", which Parliament has called for over a number of years in order to make radio equipment, especially mobile phones, easier to use for consumers and to reduce unnecessary waste and costs. Another delegated act concerns the safety of consumers using IoT devices such as smart toys and wearables. The third delegated act concerns the requirement that radio equipment should only allow software to be uploaded to it so long as the radio equipment remains compliant with the Directive.